Terms Used In South Carolina Code > Title 8 > Chapter 11 > Article 1 - General Provisions

• Accumulated contributions: means the member's aggregate contributions, together with regular interest thereon. See South Carolina Code 9-8-10
• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• Aggregate contributions: means the sum of all the amounts deducted from the compensation of a member of the System, or directly remitted by him to the System, and credited to his individual account in the System. See South Carolina Code 9-8-10
• Allegation: something that someone says happened.
• Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Appraisal: A determination of property value.
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Board: means the Board of Directors of the South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority. See South Carolina Code 9-8-10
• Charity: An agency, institution, or organization in existence and operating for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons and conducted for educational, religious, scientific, medical, or other beneficent purposes.
• Circuit public defender: means a person holding the office defined in § 17-3-5(4). See South Carolina Code 9-8-10
• Compensation: means the total salary paid to a judge, solicitor, or circuit public defender for service rendered to the State. See South Carolina Code 9-8-10
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Contractor: means any person having a contract with a public employer except a political subdivision, where the total value of the contract to be performed in a twelve-month period exceeds twenty-five thousand dollars, or, if the public employer is a political subdivision, where the total value of the contract to be performed in a twelve-month period exceeds fifteen thousand dollars. See South Carolina Code 8-14-10
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Date of establishment: means July 1, 1979. See South Carolina Code 9-8-10
• Director: means the director of the Department of Administration. See South Carolina Code 8-14-10
• Donor: The person who makes a gift.
• Earned service: means paid employment as a judge, solicitor, or circuit public defender where the judge, solicitor, or circuit public defender makes regular contributions to the system. See South Carolina Code 9-8-10
• End product: means movable personal property described in the solicitation and in final form and ready for the use intended including, without limitation, commodities or equipment. See South Carolina Code 8-14-10
• Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation: A government corporation that insures the deposits of all national and state banks that are members of the Federal Reserve System. ^{Source: OCC}
• Federal work authorization program: means the E-Verify Program maintained and operated by the United States Department of Homeland Security and the Social Security Administration, or any successor program. See South Carolina Code 8-14-10
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. ^{Source: OCC}
• Judge: means a justice of the Supreme Court or a judge of the court of appeals, circuit or family court of the State of South Carolina. See South Carolina Code 9-8-10
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• Member of the System: means any person included in the membership of the System, as set forth in § 9-8-40. See South Carolina Code 9-8-10
• National Credit Union Administration: The federal regulatory agency that charters and supervises federal credit unions. (NCUA also administers the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund, which insures the deposits of federal credit unions.) ^{Source: OCC}
• Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Private employer: means any:
  
  (a) person or entity that transacts business in this State, is required to have a license issued by an agency, department, board, commission, or political subdivision of this State that issues licenses for the purposes of operating a business in this State, and employs one or more employees in this State, as defined in § 12-8-10;
  
  (b) person or entity carrying on any employment and the legal representative of a deceased person or the receiver or trustee of any person; or
  
  (c) person or entity for whom an individual performs a service or sells a good, of whatever nature, as an employee, as defined in § 12-8-10. See South Carolina Code 8-14-10
• Probate: Proving a will
• Public defender: Represent defendants who can't afford an attorney in criminal matters.
• Public employer: means every department, agency, or instrumentality of the State or a political subdivision of the State. See South Carolina Code 8-14-10
• Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Regular interest: means interest compounded annually at such rates as shall be determined by the Board for a particular purpose in accordance with § 9-8-30. See South Carolina Code 9-8-10
• Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
• Retirement allowance: means monthly payments for life under the System payable as provided in § 9-8-80. See South Carolina Code 9-8-10
• Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
• Solicitor: means the person holding office as described under § 1-7-310 of the 1976 Code. See South Carolina Code 9-8-10
• State: means the State of South Carolina. See South Carolina Code 9-8-10
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Sub-subcontractor: means any person having a services contract with a subcontractor. See South Carolina Code 8-14-10
• Subcontractor: means any person having either: (a) a services contract with a contractor; or (b) a contract with a sub-subcontractor. See South Carolina Code 8-14-10
• System: means the Retirement System for Judges and Solicitors of the State of South Carolina. See South Carolina Code 9-8-10
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
• True bill: Another word for indictment.
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
• Volunteer: shall mean any person who, of his own free will, provides goods or services, without any financial gain, to any agency, instrumentality or political subdivision of the State;
  
  (b) "Regular-service volunteer" shall mean any person engaged in specific voluntary service activities on an ongoing or continuous basis;
  
  (c) "Occasional-service volunteer" shall mean any person who provides a one-time or occasional voluntary service;
  
  (d) "Material donor" shall mean any person who, without financial gain, provides funds, materials or opportunities for clients of agencies, departments or institutions of the State;
  
  (e) "Department" shall mean and include all departments, agencies, and institutions of state government. See South Carolina Code 8-25-10