Terms Used In West Virginia Code > Chapter 8 > Article 7 > Part II - Decrease of Corporate Limits by Election

• Agency review: means a review performed on agencies of a department pursuant to the provisions of this article. See West Virginia Code 4-10-3
• Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
• Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
• Code: shall mean the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as heretofore and hereafter amended. See West Virginia Code 8-1-2
• Committee: means the Joint Committee on Government Operations. See West Virginia Code 4-10-3
• Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• 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.
• County court: includes any existing tribunal created in lieu of a county commission. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
• Department: means the departments created within the executive branch, headed by a secretary appointed by the Governor, as authorized by the Code of West Virginia. See West Virginia Code 4-10-3
• Division: means the Performance Evaluation and Research Division, the Post Audit Division, or any division of the Legislative Auditor&rsquo. See West Virginia Code 4-10-3
• 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.
• Freeholder: shall mean any person (and in the case of an individual one who is sui juris and is not under a legal disability) owning a "freehold interest in real property". See West Virginia Code 8-1-2
• Governing body: shall mean the mayor and council together, the council, the board of directors, the commission, or other board or body of any municipality, by whatever name called, as the case may be, charged with the responsibility of enacting ordinances and determining the public policy of such municipality. See West Virginia Code 8-1-2
• in writing: includes any representation of words, letters, or figures, whether by printing, engraving, writing, or otherwise. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
• 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 standing committee: means the joint standing committee on Government Organization. See West Virginia Code 4-10-3
• 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.
• 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}
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Petit jury: A group of citizens who hear the evidence presented by both sides at trial and determine the facts in dispute. Federal criminal juries consist of 12 persons. Federal civil juries consist of six persons.
• Regulatory Board: means a board that regulates professions and occupations, created under the provisions of chapter thirty of this code. See West Virginia Code 4-10-3
• 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
• state agency: means a state governmental entity, including any bureau, department, division, commission, agency, committee, office, board, authority, subdivision, program, council, advisory body, cabinet, panel, system, task force, fund, compact, institution, survey, position, coalition or other entity in the State of West Virginia. See West Virginia Code 4-10-3
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.