Terms Used In West Virginia Code > Chapter 48 > Article 22 > Part 9 - International Adoptions

• Authority: means any emergency ambulance service authority created pursuant to the provisions of this article. See West Virginia Code 7-15-3
• Board: means the board of any emergency ambulance service authority. See West Virginia Code 7-15-3
• Contiguous counties: means two or more counties which constitute a compact territorial unit within an unbroken boundary wherein one county touches at least one other county, but does not require that each county touch all of the other counties so combining. See West Virginia Code 7-15-3
• 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.
• 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.
• Facilities and equipment: means all real and personal property of every kind and character owned or held by any emergency ambulance service authority. See West Virginia Code 7-15-3
• 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.
• Participating government: means any municipality or county establishing or participating in an emergency ambulance service authority. See West Virginia Code 7-15-3
• Project: means any undertaking of an authority. See West Virginia Code 7-15-3
• State: means a state of the United States, or the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See West Virginia Code 48-14-601