Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes > Chapter 440 - Department of safety and professional services

• Acquire: when used in connection with a grant of power to any person, includes the acquisition by purchase, grant, gift or bequest. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
• Aesthetician: has the meaning specified in…. See Wisconsin Statutes 440.60
• Aesthetics: has the meaning specified in…. See Wisconsin Statutes 440.60
• 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.
• Allegation: something that someone says happened.
• Appraisal: A determination of property value.
• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• Authorization form: means a form specified in…. See Wisconsin Statutes 440.70
• Barber: has the meaning specified in…. See Wisconsin Statutes 440.60
• Barbering: has the meaning specified in…. See Wisconsin Statutes 440.60
• Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. ^{Source: OCC}
• Business entity: has the meaning given in…. See Wisconsin Statutes 440.70
• Chiropractor: means a person holding a license issued by the chiropractic examining board. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
• Columbarium: means a building, structure, or part of a building or structure that is used or intended to be used for the inurnment of cremated remains. See Wisconsin Statutes 440.70
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Cosmetologist: has the meaning specified in…. See Wisconsin Statutes 440.60
• Cosmetology: has the meaning specified in…. See Wisconsin Statutes 440.60
• Cremated remains: means human remains recovered from the cremation of a human body or body part and the residue of a container or foreign materials that were cremated with the body or body part. See Wisconsin Statutes 440.70
• Cremation: means the process of using heat to reduce human remains to bone fragments and includes processing or pulverizing the bone fragments. See Wisconsin Statutes 440.70
• Cremation chamber: means an enclosed space within which cremation takes place. See Wisconsin Statutes 440.70
• Crematory: means a building or portion of a building within which a cremation chamber is located. See Wisconsin Statutes 440.70
• Crematory authority: means a person who owns or operates a crematory. See Wisconsin Statutes 440.70
• Decedent: A deceased person.
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Dentist: means a person who is licensed as a dentist under subch. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. ^Source:
• Electrologist: has the meaning specified in…. See Wisconsin Statutes 440.60
• Electrology: has the meaning specified in…. See Wisconsin Statutes 440.60
• Establishment: has the meaning specified in…. See Wisconsin Statutes 440.60
• Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
• Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• Funeral director: has the meaning given in…. See Wisconsin Statutes 440.70
• Funeral establishment: has the meaning given in…. See Wisconsin Statutes 440.70
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• Human remains: means the body or part of the body of a deceased individual. See Wisconsin Statutes 440.70
• Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. ^{Source: FDIC}
• 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.
• Licensed practical nurse: includes a licensed practical/vocational nurse who holds a multistate license, as defined in…. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
• Manicuring: has the meaning specified in…. See Wisconsin Statutes 440.60
• Manicurist: has the meaning specified in…. See Wisconsin Statutes 440.60
• Minor: means a person who has not attained the age of 18 years, except that for purposes of investigating or prosecuting a person who is alleged to have violated a state or federal criminal law or any civil law or municipal ordinance, "minor" does not include a person who has attained the age of 17 years. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
• Month: means a calendar month unless otherwise expressed. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
• Naturopathic doctor: means a naturopathic doctor licensed under…. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
• Niche: means a space in a columbarium that is used or intended to be used for the inurnment of cremated remains. See Wisconsin Statutes 440.70
• Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
• Oath: includes affirmation in all cases where by law an affirmation may be substituted for an oath. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Physician assistant: means a person who is licensed as a physician assistant under subch. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
• Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
• Practical instruction: means training through action or direct contact with a patron or model other than a mannequin. See Wisconsin Statutes 440.60
• Promulgate: when used in connection with a rule, as defined under…. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
• Psychologist: means a psychologist who is licensed under…. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
• Qualified: when applied to any person elected or appointed to office, means that such person has done those things which the person was by law required to do before entering upon the duties of the person's office. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
• railroad company: include any person managing, maintaining, operating or in possession of a railroad, whether as owner, contractor, lessee, mortgagee, trustee, assignee or receiver. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
• real property: includes lands, tenements and hereditaments and all rights thereto and interests therein. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Registered nurse: includes a registered nurse who holds a multistate license, as defined in…. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
• Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
• School: means any facility, other than a specialty school, that offers instruction in barbering, cosmetology, aesthetics, electrology, or manicuring. See Wisconsin Statutes 440.60
• Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
• Specialty school: means an establishment that offers instruction in aesthetics, electrology or manicuring. See Wisconsin Statutes 440.60
• Student: has the meaning specified in…. See Wisconsin Statutes 440.60
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• Theoretical instruction: means training through the study of principles and methods. See Wisconsin Statutes 440.60
• Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
• United States: includes the District of Columbia, the states, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the territories organized by congress. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01