Terms Used In West Virginia Code > Chapter 16 > Article 5G - Open Hospital Proceedings

• board: means a board of health serving one or more counties or one or more municipalities or a combination thereof. See West Virginia Code 16-1-2
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• 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.
• Decision: means any determination, action, vote or final disposition of a motion, proposal, resolution, order or measure on which a vote of the governing body is required at any meeting at which a quorum is present. See West Virginia Code 16-5G-2
• Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. ^Source:
• Executive session: A portion of the Senate's daily session in which it considers executive business.
• Executive session: means any meeting or part of a meeting of the governing body of a hospital that is closed to the public. See West Virginia Code 16-5G-2
• Governing body: means :

  (A) With respect to a hospital owned or operated by a nonprofit corporation, the board of directors  . See West Virginia Code 16-5G-2

• Hospital: means any hospital owned or operated by a nonprofit corporation, nonprofit association or local governmental unit. See West Virginia Code 16-5G-2
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• 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.
• 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}
• Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
• Meeting: means the convening of  . See West Virginia Code 16-5G-2
• Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Quorum: means , unless otherwise defined by applicable law, a simple majority of the constituent membership of the governing body. See West Virginia Code 16-5G-2
• 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.
• State: when applied to a part of the United States and not restricted by the context, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" also include the said district and territories. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10