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- Accumulated additional contributions: shall mean the sum of all the additional contributions, deducted from the compensation of a member, standing to the credit of his or her individual account, together with regular interest thereon. See Washington Code 41.28.010
- Accumulated contributions: means the employee's contributions made by a member, including any amount paid under RCW 41. See Washington Code 41.26.030
- Accumulated contributions: shall mean accumulated normal contributions plus accumulated additional contributions. See Washington Code 41.28.010
- Actuarial equivalent: means a benefit of equal value when computed upon the basis of such mortality tables and regulations as shall be adopted by the director and regular interest. See Washington Code 41.32.010
- Actuarial reserve: means a method of financing a pension or retirement plan wherein reserves are accumulated as the liabilities for benefit payments are incurred in order that sufficient funds will be available on the date of retirement of each member to pay the member's future benefits during the period of retirement. See Washington Code 41.26.030
- actuary: means the person appointed pursuant to RCW 44. See Washington Code 41.26.030
- actuary: means the person appointed pursuant to RCW 44. See Washington Code 41.32.010
- Additional contributions: shall mean the contributions provided for in RCW 41. See Washington Code 41.28.010
- Adjournment sine die: The end of a legislative session "without day." These adjournments are used to indicate the final adjournment of an annual or the two-year session of legislature.
- 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.
- Affirmative action: means a procedure by which racial minorities, women, persons in the protected age category, persons with disabilities, Vietnam-era veterans, and disabled veterans are provided with increased employment opportunities. See Washington Code 41.06.020
- Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
- Agency: means an office, department, board, commission, or other separate unit or division, however designated, of the state government and all personnel thereof; it includes any unit of state government established by law, the executive officer or members of which are either elected or appointed, upon which the statutes confer powers and impose duties in connection with operations of either a governmental or proprietary nature. See Washington Code 41.06.020
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- Annual increase: means , initially, fifty-nine cents per month per year of service which amount shall be increased each July 1st by three percent, rounded to the nearest cent. See Washington Code 41.32.010
- 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.
- Annuity: shall mean payments derived from contributions made by a member as provided in RCW 41. See Washington Code 41.28.010
- Annuity: means the moneys payable per year during life by reason of accumulated contributions of a member. See Washington Code 41.32.010
- Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
- 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.
- Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
- appointing power: includes every person or group of persons who, acting singly or in conjunction, as a mayor, city manager, council, common council, commission, or otherwise, is or are, vested by law with power and authority to select, appoint, or employ any person to hold any office, place, position or employment subject to civil service. See Washington Code 41.08.220
- appointing power: includes every person or group of persons who, acting singly or in conjunction, as a mayor, city manager, council, common council, commission, or otherwise, is or are, invested by law with power and authority to select, appoint, or employ any person to hold any office, place, position or employment subject to civil service. See Washington Code 41.12.220
- appointment: includes all means of selection, appointing or employing any person to hold any office, place, position or employment subject to civil service. See Washington Code 41.08.220
- appointment: includes all means of selection, appointing or employing any person to hold any office, place, position or employment subject to civil service. See Washington Code 41.12.220
- Appraisal: A determination of property value.
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
- Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
- Baseline: Projection of the receipts, outlays, and other budget amounts that would ensue in the future without any change in existing policy. Baseline projections are used to gauge the extent to which proposed legislation, if enacted into law, would alter current spending and revenue levels.
- 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
- Beneficiary: shall mean any person in receipt of a pension, annuity, retirement allowance, disability allowance, or any other benefit provided in this chapter. See Washington Code 41.28.010
- Board: means the Washington personnel resources board established under the provisions of RCW 41. See Washington Code 41.06.020
- Board: shall mean "board of administration" as provided in RCW 41. See Washington Code 41.28.010
- boards: when used in RCW 41. See Washington Code 41.06.020
- Career development: means the progressive development of employee capabilities to facilitate productivity, job satisfaction, and upward mobility through work assignments as well as education and training that are both state-sponsored and are achieved by individual employee efforts, all of which shall be consistent with the needs and obligations of the state and its agencies. See Washington Code 41.06.020
- central personnel-payroll system: means an automated data processing system capable of keeping records and processing necessary transactions in the process of employing persons, changing their employment status, and paying employees of any or all state agencies. See Washington Code 41.07.010
- 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.
- children: means an unmarried person who is under the age of eighteen or mentally or physically disabled as determined by the department, except a person who is disabled and in the full time care of a state institution, who is:
Washington Code 41.26.030city: includes all cities, towns and municipalities having a full paid fire department. See Washington Code 41.08.220 city: includes all cities, towns and municipalities having a full paid police department. See Washington Code 41.12.220 City: shall mean any city of the first class as described in RCW 41. See Washington Code 41.28.010 City service: shall mean service rendered to city for compensation, and for the purpose of this chapter, a member shall be considered as being in city service only while he or she is receiving compensation from the city for such service. See Washington Code 41.28.010 Classified service: means all positions in the state service subject to the provisions of this chapter. See Washington Code 41.06.020 commission: means the civil service commission herein created, and the term "commissioner" means any one of the three commissioners of that commission. See Washington Code 41.08.220 commission: means the civil service commission herein created, and the term "commissioner" means any one of the three commissioners of that commission. See Washington Code 41.12.220 Committee amendment: An amendment recommended by a committee in reporting a bill or other measure. Committee membership: Legislators are assigned to specific committees by their party. Seniority, regional balance, and political philosophy are the most prominent factors in the committee assignment process. Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action. Comparable worth: means the provision of similar salaries for positions that require or impose similar responsibilities, judgments, knowledge, skills, and working conditions. See Washington Code 41.06.020 Compensation: shall mean the compensation payable in cash, plus the monetary value, as determined by the board of administration, of any allowance in lieu thereof. See Washington Code 41.28.010 Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant. Concurrent resolution: A legislative measure, designated "S. Con. Res." and numbered consecutively upon introduction, generally employed to address the sentiments of both chambers, to deal with issues or matters affecting both houses, such as a concurrent budget resolution, or to create a temporary joint committee. Concurrent resolutions are not submitted to the President/Governor and thus do not have the force of law. Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time. Continuous service: shall mean uninterrupted employment by that city, except that discontinuance of city service of a member caused by layoff, leave of absence, suspension, or dismissal, followed by reentrance into city service within one year, shall not count as a break in the continuity of service: PROVIDED, That for the purpose of establishing membership in the retirement system continuous service shall mean six months' service in any one year. See Washington Code 41.28.010 Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed. Contract: means any agreement for service and compensation between a member and an employer. See Washington Code 41.32.010 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. Creditable service: shall mean such service as is evidenced by the record of normal contributions received from the employee plus prior service if credit for same is still intact or not lost through withdrawal of accumulated normal contributions as provided in RCW 41. See Washington Code 41.28.010 Creditable service: means membership service plus prior service for which credit is allowable. See Washington Code 41.32.010 Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries. Decedent: A deceased person. Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another. Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime. Department: means an agency of government that has as its governing officer a person, or combination of persons such as a commission, board, or council, by law empowered to operate the agency responsible either to (a) no other public officer or (b) the governor. See Washington Code 41.06.020 Department: means the department of retirement systems created in chapter 41. See Washington Code 41.26.030 Department: means the department of retirement systems created in chapter 41. See Washington Code 41.32.010 Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another. Dependent: means receiving one-half or more of support from a member. See Washington Code 41.32.010 Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial. Director: means the director of financial management. See Washington Code 40.07.020 Director: means the director of financial management or the director's designee. See Washington Code 41.06.020 Director: means the director of the department. See Washington Code 41.26.030 Director: means the director of the department. See Washington Code 41.32.010 Disability allowance: means monthly payments during disability. See Washington Code 41.32.010 Disability leave: means the period of six months or any portion thereof during which a member is on leave at an allowance equal to the member's full salary prior to the commencement of disability retirement. See Washington Code 41.26.030 Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial. Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source: Domestic partners: means two adults who have registered as domestic partners under RCW 26. See Washington Code 41.26.030 Electronic funds transfer: The transfer of money between accounts by consumer electronic systems-such as automated teller machines (ATMs) and electronic payment of bills-rather than by check or cash. (Wire transfers, checks, drafts, and paper instruments do not fall into this category.) Source: OCC Electronic repository: means a collection of publicly accessible electronic publications stored in a secure digital environment with redundant backup to preserve the collection. See Washington Code 40.06.010 Employee: means any law enforcement officer or firefighter as defined in subsections (17) and (19) of this section. See Washington Code 41.26.030 Employee: shall mean any regularly appointed officer or regularly appointed employee of a first-class city as described in RCW 41. See Washington Code 41.28.010 employee: means a person who is providing services for compensation to an employer, unless the person is free from the employer's direction and control over the performance of work. See Washington Code 41.32.010 Employer: means the state of Washington, the school district, or any agency of the state of Washington by which the member is paid. See Washington Code 41.32.010 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. Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts 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. Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office. Executive session: A portion of the Senate's daily session in which it considers executive business. Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator. Final compensation: means the annual average of the greatest compensation earnable by a member during any consecutive five-year period of service for which service credit is allowed. See Washington Code 41.28.010 Fire department: includes a fire station operated by the department of social and health services or the department of corrections when employing firefighters serving a prison or civil commitment center on an island. See Washington Code 41.26.030 Firefighter: means :
Washington Code 41.26.030Fiscal 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. Fiscal year: means a year which begins July 1st and ends June 30th of the following year. See Washington Code 41.32.010 Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC Forgery: The fraudulent signing or alteration of another's name to an instrument such as a deed, mortgage, or check. The intent of the forgery is to deceive or defraud. Source: OCC Format: includes any media used in the publication of state information including electronic, print, audio, visual, and microfilm. See Washington Code 40.06.010 Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another. full paid fire department: means that the officers and firefighters employed in such are paid regularly by the city and devote their whole time to firefighting. See Washington Code 41.08.220 full paid police department: means that the officers and police officers employed in such are paid regularly by the city and devote their whole time to police duty: PROVIDED, "full paid police department" whenever used in this chapter shall also mean "full paid police officers. See Washington Code 41.12.220 Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor General authority law enforcement agency: means any agency, department, or division of a municipal corporation, political subdivision, or other unit of local government of this state, and any agency, department, or division of state government, having as its primary function the detection and apprehension of persons committing infractions or violating the traffic or criminal laws in general, but not including the Washington state patrol. See Washington Code 41.26.030 Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value. government contractor: is a ny entity, including a partnership, limited liability company, for-profit or nonprofit corporation, or person, that provides services pursuant to a contract with an "employer. See Washington Code 41.26.030 government contractor: is a ny entity, including a partnership, limited liability company, for-profit or nonprofit corporation, or person, that provides services pursuant to a contract with an employer. See Washington Code 41.32.010 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. Index: means , for any calendar year, that year's annual average consumer price index, Seattle, Washington area, for urban wage earners and clerical workers, all items compiled by the bureau of labor statistics, United States department of labor. See Washington Code 41.32.010 Institutions of higher education: means the University of Washington, Washington State University, Central Washington University, Eastern Washington University, Western Washington University, The Evergreen State College, and the various state community colleges. See Washington Code 41.06.020 instructional position: means a position in which more than seventy-five percent of the member's time is spent as a classroom instructor (including office hours), a librarian, a psychologist, a social worker, a nurse, a physical therapist, an occupational therapist, a speech language pathologist or audiologist, or a counselor. See Washington Code 41.32.010 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 Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation. Joint tenancy: A form of property ownership in which two or more parties hold an undivided interest in the same property that was conveyed under the same instrument at the same time. A joint tenant can sell his (her) interest but not dispose of it by will. Upon the death of a joint tenant, his (her) undivided interest is distributed among the surviving joint tenants. 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. Lawsuit: A legal action started by a plaintiff against a defendant based on a complaint that the defendant failed to perform a legal duty, resulting in harm to the plaintiff. Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC Legislative session: That part of a chamber's daily session in which it considers legislative business (bills, resolutions, and actions related thereto). Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity. Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt. Life estate: A property interest limited in duration to the life of the individual holding the interest (life tenant). Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants. Majority leader: see Floor Leaders Member: means any firefighter, law enforcement officer, or other person as would apply under subsection (17) or (19) of this section whose membership is transferred to the Washington law enforcement officers' and firefighters' retirement system on or after March 1, 1970, and every law enforcement officer and firefighter who is employed in that capacity on or after such date. See Washington Code 41.26.030 Member: shall mean any person included in the membership of the retirement system as provided in RCW 41. See Washington Code 41.28.010 Member: means any teacher included in the membership of the retirement system who has not been removed from membership under RCW 41. See Washington Code 41.32.010 Member reserve: means the fund in which all of the accumulated contributions of members are held. See Washington Code 41.32.010 Membership service: means service rendered subsequent to the first day of eligibility of a person to membership in the retirement system: PROVIDED, That where a member is employed by two or more employers the individual shall receive no more than one service credit month during any calendar month in which multiple service is rendered. See Washington Code 41.32.010 Minority leader: See Floor Leaders Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan. National Bank: A bank that is subject to the supervision of the Comptroller of the Currency. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is a bureau of the U.S. Treasury Department. A national bank can be recognized because it must have "national" or "national association" in its name. Source: OCC Noncompetitive service: means all positions in the classified service for which a competitive examination is not required. See Washington Code 41.06.020 Normal contributions: shall mean contributions at the rate provided for in RCW 41. See Washington Code 41.28.010 Oath: A promise to tell the truth. Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period. Original bill: A bill which is drafted by a committee. It is introduced by the committee or subcommittee chairman after the committee votes to report it. Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program. Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses. Pension: shall mean payments derived from contributions made by the city as provided for in RCW 41. See Washington Code 41.28.010 Pension: means the moneys payable per year during life from the pension reserve. See Washington Code 41.32.010 Pension reserve: is a fund in which shall be accumulated an actuarial reserve adequate to meet present and future pension liabilities of the system and from which all pension obligations are to be paid. See Washington Code 41.32.010 person: may be construed to include the United States, this state, or any state or territory, or any public or private corporation or limited liability company, as well as an individual. See Washington Code 1.16.080 Personal property: All property that is not real property. Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit. Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer. Position: means the employment held at any particular time, which may or may not be the same as civil service rank. See Washington Code 41.26.030 Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way. Prior service: shall mean the service of a member for compensation rendered to the city prior to July 1, 1939, and shall also include military or naval service of a member to the extent specified in RCW 41. See Washington Code 41.28.010 Prior service: means service rendered prior to the first date of eligibility to membership in the retirement system for which credit is allowable. See Washington Code 41.32.010 Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law. Probate: Proving a will Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed. Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government. Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide. public records: shall include any paper, correspondence, completed form, bound record book, photograph, film, sound recording, map drawing, machine-readable material, compact disc meeting current industry ISO specifications, or other document, regardless of physical form or characteristics, and including such copies thereof, that have been made by or received by any agency of the state of Washington in connection with the transaction of public business, and legislative records as described in RCW 40. See Washington Code 40.14.010 Public school: means any institution or activity operated by the state of Washington or any instrumentality or political subdivision thereof employing teachers, except the University of Washington and Washington State University. See Washington Code 41.32.010 Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business. Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land. Recourse: An arrangement in which a bank retains, in form or in substance, any credit risk directly or indirectly associated with an asset it has sold (in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles) that exceeds a pro rata share of the bank's claim on the asset. If a bank has no claim on an asset it has sold, then the retention of any credit risk is recourse. Source: FDIC Regular interest: means such rate as the director may determine. See Washington Code 41.32.010 Related boards: means the state board for community and technical colleges; and such other boards, councils, and commissions related to higher education as may be established. See Washington Code 41.06.020 Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant. Remand: When an appellate court sends a case back to a lower court for further proceedings. Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals). Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action. Retiree: means any person who has begun accruing a retirement allowance or other benefit provided by this chapter resulting from service rendered to an employer while a member. See Washington Code 41.32.010 Retirement allowance: shall mean the pension plus the annuity. See Washington Code 41.28.010 Retirement fund: means the "Washington law enforcement officers' and firefighters' retirement system fund" as provided for herein. See Washington Code 41.26.030 Retirement fund: shall mean "employees' retirement fund" as created and established in RCW 41. See Washington Code 41.28.010 Retirement system: means the "Washington law enforcement officers' and firefighters' retirement system" provided herein. See Washington Code 41.26.030 Retirement system: shall mean "employees' retirement system" provided for in RCW 41. See Washington Code 41.28.010 Retirement system: means the Washington state teachers' retirement system. See Washington Code 41.32.010 Service credit month: means a full service credit month or an accumulation of partial service credit months that are equal to one. See Washington Code 41.26.030 Service credit month: means a full service credit month or an accumulation of partial service credit months that are equal to one. See Washington Code 41.32.010 Service credit year: means an accumulation of months of service credit which is equal to one when divided by twelve. See Washington Code 41.26.030 Service credit year: means an accumulation of months of service credit which is equal to one when divided by twelve. See Washington Code 41.32.010 Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party. 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. sheriff: includes deputies, and "execution docket" refers also to the docket of a district court. See Washington Code 6.01.010 State agency: includes every state office, officer, department, division, bureau, board, commission and agency of the state, and, where applicable, all subdivisions of each. See Washington Code 40.06.010 State agency: includes every state office, department, division, bureau, board, commission, committee, higher education institution, community college, and agency of the state and all subordinate subdivisions of such agencies in the executive branch financed in whole or in part from funds held in the state treasury, but does not include the offices of executive officials elected on a statewide basis, agricultural commodity commissions, the legislature, the judiciary, or agencies of the legislative or judicial branches of state government. See Washington Code 40.07.020 state agency: means all offices, departments, agencies, institutions, boards, and commissions of state government including those headed by an elected official and including institutions of higher education. See Washington Code 41.07.010 State elective position: means any position held by any person elected or appointed to statewide office or elected or appointed as a member of the legislature. See Washington Code 41.26.030 State elective position: means any position held by any person elected or appointed to statewide office or elected or appointed as a member of the legislature. See Washington Code 41.32.010 State publication: means information published by state agencies, regardless of format, intended for distribution to state government or the public. See Washington Code 40.06.010 State publication: means publications of state agencies and shall include any annual and biennial reports, any special report required by law, state agency newsletters, periodicals and magazines, and other printed informational material intended for general dissemination to the public or to the legislature. See Washington Code 40.07.020 Statute: A law passed by a legislature. Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony. Substitute teacher: means :
Washington Code 41.32.010Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system. Surviving spouse: means the surviving widow or widower of a member. See Washington Code 41.26.030 Teacher: means any person qualified to teach who is engaged by a public school in an instructional, administrative, or supervisory capacity. See Washington Code 41.32.010 Testify: Answer questions in court. Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries. Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident. Training: means activities designed to develop job-related knowledge and skills of employees. See Washington Code 41.06.020 Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition. Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence. Trust account: A general term that covers all types of accounts in a trust department, such as estates, guardianships, and agencies. Source: OCC Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust. Veto: The procedure established under the Constitution by which the President/Governor refuses to approve a bill or joint resolution and thus prevents its enactment into law. A regular veto occurs when the President/Governor returns the legislation to the house in which it originated. The President/Governor usually returns a vetoed bill with a message indicating his reasons for rejecting the measure. In Congress, the veto can be overridden only by a two-thirds vote in both the Senate and the House. Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.