Terms Used In West Virginia Code > Chapter 48 > Article 22 > Part 4 - Delivery of Child for Adoption

• Active member: means a member who is active and contributing to the plan. See West Virginia Code 7-14D-2
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Board: means the Consolidated Public Retirement Board created pursuant to §. See West Virginia Code 7-14D-2
• Covered employment: means either: (1) Employment as a deputy sheriff and the active performance of the duties required of a deputy sheriff. See West Virginia Code 7-14D-2
• Credited service: means the sum of a member's years of service, active military duty, disability service, unused annual leave service, and unused sick leave service. See West Virginia Code 7-14D-2
• Deputy sheriff: means an individual employed as a county law-enforcement deputy sheriff in this state and as defined by §. See West Virginia Code 7-14D-2
• Effective date: means July 1, 1998. See West Virginia Code 7-14D-2
• Fund: means the West Virginia Deputy Sheriff Retirement Fund created pursuant to §. See West Virginia Code 7-14D-2
• 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
• in writing: includes any representation of words, letters, or figures, whether by printing, engraving, writing, or otherwise. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
• 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.
• Member: means a person first hired as a deputy sheriff after the effective date of this article, as defined in subdivision (u) of this section, or a deputy sheriff first hired prior to the effective date and who elects to become a member pursuant to §. See West Virginia Code 7-14D-2
• Monthly salary: means the portion of a member's annual compensation which is paid to him or her per month. See West Virginia Code 7-14D-2
• Plan: means the West Virginia Deputy Sheriff Death, Disability, and Retirement Plan established by this article. See West Virginia Code 7-14D-2
• Public Employees Retirement System: means the West Virginia Public Employees Retirement System created by §. See West Virginia Code 7-14D-2
• retirement: means a member's withdrawal from the employ of a participating public employer and the commencement of an annuity by the plan. See West Virginia Code 7-14D-2
• Spouse: means the person to whom the member is legally married on the annuity starting date. See West Virginia Code 7-14D-2
• 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