Terms Used In West Virginia Code > Chapter 29 > Article 22B > Part 6 - Background Investigations

• Assistance animal: means any service, therapy or support animal, weighing less than one hundred fifty pounds, with or without specific training or certification, that works, provides assistance, or performs tasks for the benefit of a person with a disability, or provides emotional support that alleviate one or more identified symptoms or effects of a person'. See West Virginia Code 5-11A-3
• Commission: means the West Virginia Human Rights Commission. See West Virginia Code 5-11A-3
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Disability: means , with respect to a person:

  (1) A physical or mental impairment which substantially limits one or more of the person'. See West Virginia Code 5-11A-3

• Dwelling: means any building, structure or portion thereof which is occupied as, or designed or intended for occupancy as, a residence or sleeping place by one or more persons or families and any vacant land which is offered for sale or lease for the construction or location thereon of any such building, structure or portion thereof. See West Virginia Code 5-11A-3
• 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.
• Familial status: means :

  (1) One or more individuals who have not attained the age of eighteen years being domiciled with:

  (A) A parent or another person having legal custody of the individual or individuals. See West Virginia Code 5-11A-3

• Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies.
• 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.
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Person: includes one or more individuals, corporations, partnerships, associations, labor organizations, legal representatives, mutual companies, joint-stock companies, trusts, unincorporated organizations, trustees, trustees in cases under Title 11 of the United States Code, receivers and fiduciaries. See West Virginia Code 5-11A-3
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• real property: include lands, tenements and hereditaments, all rights thereto and interests therein, except chattel interests. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
• Respondent: means :

  (1) The person or other entity accused in a complaint of an unfair housing practice. See West Virginia Code 5-11A-3

• 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