Terms Used In Virginia Code > Title 9.1 > Chapter 5.1 - Correctional Officer Procedural Guarantee Act

• Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. ^{Source: OCC}
• Board: means the Potato Board. See Virginia Code 3.2-1800
• Commission: means the State Corporation Commission. See Virginia Code 6.2-100
• Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services. See Virginia Code 3.2-100
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Correctional officer: means a duly sworn non-probationary employee of the Department of Corrections whose normal duties relate to maintaining immediate control, supervision, and custody of prisoners confined in any state correctional facility. See Virginia Code 9.1-508
• Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. ^Source:
• Handler: means any person who is a processor, dealer, shipper, or exporter who purchases potatoes from a grower, or who acts as the grower's agent, or any person who holds a produce dealer or commission merchant license from the Department. See Virginia Code 3.2-1800
• Licensee: means a person licensed under this chapter. See Virginia Code 6.2-2026
• Person: means any individual, corporation, partnership, association, cooperative, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, government, political subdivision, or other legal or commercial entity. See Virginia Code 6.2-100
• Potatoes: means all varieties of potatoes except sweet potatoes. See Virginia Code 3.2-1800
• Principal: means any person that, directly or indirectly, owns or controls (i) 10 percent or more of the outstanding stock of a stock corporation or (ii) a 10 percent or greater interest in a person. See Virginia Code 6.2-2026
• Producer: means any person who, in a calendar year, grows a minimum of 40,000 pounds of potatoes in the Commonwealth. See Virginia Code 3.2-1800
• State correctional facility: means any correctional center or correctional field unit used for the incarceration of adult offenders established and operated by the Department of Corrections. See Virginia Code 9.1-508
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.