5-302 Assignment of Thing in Action
5-304 Married Women as Parties
5-305 Husband and Wife Sued Together
5-306 Infants and Insane Persons — Guardians Ad Litem
5-308 Action for Seduction
5-309 Action for Seduction — Prosecution by Parent or Guardian
5-310 Action for Injury to Unmarried Child
5-311 Suit for Wrongful Death by or Against Heirs or Personal Representatives — Damages
5-319 Death or Transfer of Interest — Procedure — Actions by or Against Public Officers
5-321 Interpleader
5-326 Unknown Owners or Heirs — Effect of Judgments and Decrees
5-327 Personal Injuries — Property Damage — Death of Wrongdoer — Death of Injured Party — Survival of Action
5-328 State a Party Defendant in Suit Affecting Title to Real or Personal Property
5-329 Service of Process Upon Attorney General
5-330 Immunity of Persons Giving Emergency First Aid From Damage Claim
5-331 Immunity of Volunteer Ambulance Attendant
5-332 Consent for Emergency Medical Treatment
5-333 Immunity of Underground Mine Rescue Participants, Their Employers and Representatives
5-334 Act or Omission Preventing Abortion Not Actionable
5-335 General Rules of Pleading — Claims for Relief
5-336 Demand for Judgment — Default Judgments
5-338 Immunity of Donors of Wild Game Meat
5-339 Immunity of Food Donor and Food Bank
5-340 Immunity of Radio and Television Broadcasting Organizations Participating in the Amber Alert and Blue Alert Systems
5-341 Immunity of Employers Allowing Employee Firearm Storage
5-342 Immunity for Search and Rescue Operations
5-343 Immunity of Colleges and Universities Allowing Firearms
5-344 Immunity — Aid to Person in Vehicle
5-345 Immunity for Aid During an Emergency
5-346 Personhood Status

Terms Used In Idaho Code > Title 5 > Chapter 3 - Parties to Actions

  • Adult: means a person eighteen (18) years of age or older. See Idaho Code 20-502
  • Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
  • Aeronautics: means the science and art of flight and including, but not limited to, transportation by aircraft; the operation, construction, repair or maintenance of aircraft, aircraft power plants and accessories, including the repair, packing, and maintenance of parachutes; the design, establishment, construction, extension, operation, improvement, repair or maintenance of airports or other air navigation facilities; and instruction in flying or ground subjects pertaining thereto. See Idaho Code 21-101
  • Aeronautics instructor: means any individual who for hire or reward engages in giving instruction or offering to give instruction in flying or ground subjects pertaining to aeronautics; but excludes any instructor in a public school, university, or institution of higher learning duly accredited and approved for carrying on collegiate work, who instructs in flying or ground subjects pertaining to aeronautics, only in the performance of his duties at such school, university or institution. See Idaho Code 21-101
  • 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.
  • Agricultural employer: is a s defined in section 44-1601, Idaho Code. See Idaho Code 20-402
  • Agricultural products: is a s defined in section 22-2602, Idaho Code. See Idaho Code 20-402
  • Air navigation facility: means any facility, other than one owned or operated by the United States, used in, available for use in, or designed for use in, aid of air navigation, including any structures, mechanisms, lights, beacons, markers, communicating systems, or other instrumentalities, or devices used or useful as an aid, or constituting an advantage or convenience, to the safe takeoff, navigation, and landing of aircraft, or the safe and efficient operation or maintenance of an airport, and any combination of any or all of such facilities. See Idaho Code 21-101
  • Aircraft: means any contrivance now known, or hereafter invented, used or designed for navigation of or flight in the air for the carriage of pilots or passengers. See Idaho Code 21-101
  • Aircraft: means any contrivance now known or hereafter invented used or designed for navigation of or flight in the air. See Idaho Code 21-701
  • Aircraft engine: means an engine used or intended to be used for propulsion of aircraft and includes all parts, appurtenances and accessories thereof other than propellers. See Idaho Code 21-701
  • Aircraft navigation facility: means any facility used in, available for use in, or designed for use in, aid of air navigation, including landing areas, lights, any apparatus or equipment for disseminating weather information, for signaling, for radio-directional finding, or for radio or other electrical communication, and any other structure or mechanism having a similar purpose for guiding or controlling flight in the air or the landing and takeoff of aircraft. See Idaho Code 21-701
  • Airman: means any individual who engages, as the person in command or as pilot, mechanic, or member of the crew, in the navigation of aircraft while under way, and any individual who is directly in charge of the inspection, maintenance, overhauling, or repair of aircraft engines, propellers, or appliances, and any individual who serves in the capacity of aircraft dispatcher, or air traffic control tower operator; but does not include any individual employed outside the United States, or any individual employed by a manufacturer of aircraft, aircraft engines, propellers, or appliances, to perform duties as inspector or mechanic in connection therewith, or any individual performing inspection or mechanical duties in connection with aircraft owned or operated by him. See Idaho Code 21-101
  • Airport: means any area of land or water which is used, or intended for use, for the landing and take-off of aircraft, and any appurtenant areas which are used, or intended for use, for airport buildings or other airport facilities or rights-of-way, together with all airport buildings and facilities located thereon. See Idaho Code 21-101
  • Airport: means any area of land or water which is used, or intended for use, for the landing and takeoff of aircraft, and any appurtenant areas which are used, or intended for use, for airport buildings or other airport facilities or rights-of-way, together with all airport buildings and facilities located thereon. See Idaho Code 21-501
  • Airport: means any area of land or water which is used, or intended for use, for the landing and takeoff of aircraft, and any appurtenant areas which are used, or intended for use, for airport buildings or other airport facilities or rights-of-way, together with all airport buildings and facilities located thereon. See Idaho Code 21-701
  • Allegation: something that someone says happened.
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • 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.
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • Appliances: means instruments, equipment, apparatus, parts, appurtenances, or accessories, of whatever description which are used, or are capable of being or intended to be used, in the navigation, operation, or control of aircraft in flight, including parachutes and including radio and communication equipment and any other mechanism or mechanisms whether or not installed in or attached to aircraft during flight. See Idaho Code 21-701
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Arraignment: A proceeding in which an individual who is accused of committing a crime is brought into court, told of the charges, and asked to plead guilty or not guilty.
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Assessment: means a comprehensive and individualized examination of the mental health, substance use, or other needs for a juvenile that typically results in treatment interventions and recommendations. See Idaho Code 20-502
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Aviation hazard: means any new or existing structure, object of natural growth, use of land, or modification thereto, which endangers the lives and property of users of an airport, or of occupants of land in its vicinity, and that reduces the size of the area available for landing, taking off and maneuvering of aircraft, or extends up into the airspace between airports to cause disastrous and needless loss of life and property. See Idaho Code 21-501
  • Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
  • Board: means the state board of correction. See Idaho Code 20-402
  • Board: means the state board of correction. See Idaho Code 20-1001
  • Board: means the Idaho transportation board. See Idaho Code 21-101
  • Board: means the Idaho transportation board. See Idaho Code 21-501
  • Brand: means a term, design, or trademark used in connection with one (1) or several grades of fertilizer. See Idaho Code 22-603
  • Bulk fertilizer: means a fertilizer distributed in a nonpackaged form. See Idaho Code 22-603
  • Calcium carbonate equivalent: means the acid-neutralizing capacity of an agricultural liming material expressed as a weight percentage of calcium carbonate. See Idaho Code 22-603
  • Chambers: A judge's office.
  • Commission: means the Idaho commission of pardons and parole. See Idaho Code 20-1001
  • Commit: means to transfer legal custody. See Idaho Code 20-502
  • Community-based program: means an in-home confinement program or a nonsecure or staff-secure residential or nonresidential program operated to supervise and provide competency development to juvenile offenders in the least restrictive setting, consistent with public safety, operated by the state or under contract with the state or by the county. See Idaho Code 20-502
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Composting: means the biological decomposition of organic matter. See Idaho Code 22-603
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Coproduct: means a chemical substance produced for a commercial purpose during the manufacture, processing, use or disposal of another chemical substance or mixture. See Idaho Code 22-603
  • 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.
  • Counterclaim: A claim that a defendant makes against a plaintiff.
  • Court: means any district court within the state of Idaho or magistrate division thereof. See Idaho Code 20-502
  • Custody review board: means the board created and authorized by law to review cases of juveniles in custody of the department. See Idaho Code 20-502
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Defending attorney: means any attorney employed by an indigent defense provider or otherwise under contract to represent adults or juveniles at public expense, consistent with the provisions of this chapter. See Idaho Code 19-6002
  • Deficiency: means the amount of nutrient found by analysis to be less than that guaranteed, which may result from a lack of nutrient ingredients or from lack of uniformity. See Idaho Code 22-603
  • Department: means the Idaho state department of agriculture or its authorized representative. See Idaho Code 22-603
  • Department: means the state department of juvenile corrections. See Idaho Code 20-502
  • Department: means the Idaho transportation department. See Idaho Code 21-101
  • Department: means the Idaho transportation department. See Idaho Code 21-501
  • Department: means the department of agriculture of the state of Idaho. See Idaho Code 22-501
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.
  • Detention: means the temporary placement of juvenile offenders who require secure custody for their own or the community’s protection in physically restricting facilities. See Idaho Code 20-502
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Director: means the director of the department of juvenile corrections. See Idaho Code 20-502
  • Director: means the director of the Idaho transportation department. See Idaho Code 21-101
  • Director: means the director of the Idaho transportation department or his agent. See Idaho Code 21-501
  • Director: means the director of the Idaho department of agriculture. See Idaho Code 22-501
  • Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
  • Distribute: means to import, consign, manufacture, produce, compound, mix, or blend fertilizer, or to offer for sale, sell, barter or otherwise distribute or supply fertilizer in this state. See Idaho Code 22-603
  • Distributor: means any person who distributes. See Idaho Code 22-603
  • Diversion: means an alternative to formal prosecution of a juvenile offense. See Idaho Code 20-502
  • Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
  • Donee: The recipient of a gift.
  • Donor: The person who makes a gift.
  • Enterprise: means an operation, including services and labor, or a group of closely related operations. See Idaho Code 20-402
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • 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.
  • Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
  • Executive director: means the executive director of the commission. See Idaho Code 20-1001
  • Executive session: A portion of the Senate's daily session in which it considers executive business.
  • Expenses: when used with reference to representation pursuant to this chapter, includes the expenses of investigation, experts, testing, and other pretrial preparation, trials, post-verdict motions, and post-conviction relief proceedings brought pursuant to the uniform post-conviction procedure act, chapter 49, title 19, Idaho Code. See Idaho Code 19-6002
  • Extradition: The formal process of delivering an accused or convicted person from authorities in one state to authorities in another state.
  • Fertilizer: means any substance containing one (1) or more recognized plant nutrient which is used for its plant nutrient content and which is designed for use or claimed to have value in promoting plant growth, and includes limes and gypsum. See Idaho Code 22-603
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Germane: On the subject of the pending bill or other business; a strict standard of relevance.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Grade: means the percentage of total nitrogen, available phosphate, and soluble potash stated in whole numbers in the same terms, order, and percentages as in the guaranteed analysis. See Idaho Code 22-603
  • Guaranteed analysis: means the minimum percentage of plant nutrients claimed, for a total nitrogen, available phosphate, or soluble potash fertilizer, consistent with the grade and in the following order and form:
Idaho Code 22-603
  • 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.
  • Habeas corpus: A writ that is usually used to bring a prisoner before the court to determine the legality of his imprisonment. It may also be used to bring a person in custody before the court to give testimony, or to be prosecuted.
  • Impeachment: (1) The process of calling something into question, as in "impeaching the testimony of a witness." (2) The constitutional process whereby the House of Representatives may "impeach" (accuse of misconduct) high officers of the federal government for trial in the Senate.
  • 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.
  • Indigent defense provider: means the office of the state public defender or any agency, entity, organization, or person selected by the office for the direct provision of indigent defense services as a means to provide for the representation of indigent persons and other individuals who are entitled to be represented by an attorney at public expense. See Idaho Code 19-6002
  • Indigent person: means a person who, at the time his need is determined pursuant to section 19-6009, Idaho Code, is unable to provide for the full payment of an attorney and all other necessary expenses of representation. See Idaho Code 19-6002
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Inter vivos: Transfer of property from one living person to another living person.
  • Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. Source: OCC
  • Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
  • Joint meeting: An occasion, often ceremonial, when the House and Senate each adopt a unanimous consent agreement
  • Joint tenancy: A form of property ownership in which two or more parties hold an undivided interest in the same property that was conveyed under the same instrument at the same time. A joint tenant can sell his (her) interest but not dispose of it by will. Upon the death of a joint tenant, his (her) undivided interest is distributed among the surviving joint tenants.
  • Judge: means a district judge or a magistrate. See Idaho Code 20-502
  • 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.
  • Juvenile: means a person less than eighteen (18) years of age or who was less than eighteen (18) years of age at the time of any alleged act, omission or status. See Idaho Code 20-502
  • Juvenile correctional center: means any state-operated residential facility or facility operated pursuant to a contract with the state that provides twenty-four (24) hour supervision and confinement for juvenile offenders committed to the custody of the department. See Idaho Code 20-502
  • Juvenile detention center: means a secure facility established pursuant to sections 20-517 and 20-518, Idaho Code, and in compliance with IDAPA 05. See Idaho Code 20-502
  • Juvenile offender: means a person under the age of eighteen (18) years at the time of any act, omission or status and who has been adjudicated as being within the purview of this chapter. See Idaho Code 20-502
  • Label: means the display of all written, printed, or graphic matter, upon the immediate container, or a statement accompanying a fertilizer. See Idaho Code 22-603
  • Labeling: means all written, printed, or graphic matter, upon or accompanying any fertilizer, or advertisements, brochures, posters, and television and radio announcements used in promoting the sale of such fertilizer. See Idaho Code 22-603
  • 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
  • Legal custody: means the relationship created by the court’s decree that imposes upon the custodian responsibilities of physical possession of the juvenile offender, the duty to protect, train and discipline him and to provide him with food, shelter, education and ordinary medical care. See Idaho Code 20-502
  • Legal guardian: means a person appointed as guardian of a minor under the laws of Idaho. See Idaho Code 20-502
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Manufacture: means to compound, produce, granulate, mix, blend, repackage, or otherwise alter the composition of fertilizer materials. See Idaho Code 22-603
  • Micronutrient: means boron (B), chlorine (Cl), cobalt (Co), copper (Cu), iron (Fe), manganese (Mn), molybdenum (Mo), nickel (Ni), sodium (Na), and zinc (Zn). See Idaho Code 22-603
  • Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Idaho Code 73-114
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Municipal: means pertaining to a municipality as herein defined. See Idaho Code 21-101
  • Municipality: means any county, city, district or other political subdivision or public corporation of this state. See Idaho Code 21-101
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Official sample: means any sample of fertilizer taken by the director or his authorized agent and designated as "official" by the department. See Idaho Code 22-603
  • Organic waste-derived material: means grass clippings, leaves, weeds, bark, plantings, prunings and other vegetative wastes, wood wastes from logging and milling operations, and food wastes. See Idaho Code 22-603
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • 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.
  • percentage: means the percentage by weight. See Idaho Code 22-603
  • Person: means an individual, partnership, association, firm or corporation. See Idaho Code 22-603
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person;
    • Idaho Code 73-114
  • Person: means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, association, joint stock association, or body politic, and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee, or other similar representative thereof. See Idaho Code 21-101
  • Person: means any individual, firm, copartnership, corporation, company, association, joint stock association, or body politic, and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee, or other similar representative thereof. See Idaho Code 21-501
  • Person: means any individual, firm, copartnership, corporation, company, association, joint-stock association, or body politic; and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee, or other similar representative thereof. See Idaho Code 21-701
  • Person: means any individual, partnership, corporation, firm, association or agent. See Idaho Code 22-501
  • Personal property: includes money, goods, chattels, things in action, evidences of debt and general intangibles as defined in the uniform commercial code — secured transactions. See Idaho Code 73-114
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
  • Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
  • Potatoes: means potatoes (Solanum tuberosum) that may be sold for or used as seed potatoes. See Idaho Code 22-501
  • Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. Source: OCC
  • Preliminary hearing: A hearing where the judge decides whether there is enough evidence to make the defendant have a trial.
  • Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
  • Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Probation officers: Screen applicants for pretrial release and monitor convicted offenders released under court supervision.
  • Production: means to compound or fabricate a fertilizer through a physical or chemical process. See Idaho Code 22-603
  • Propeller: includes all parts, appurtenances, and accessories thereof. See Idaho Code 21-701
  • Property: includes both real and personal property. See Idaho Code 73-114
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Public defender: Represent defendants who can't afford an attorney in criminal matters.
  • Public transportation: means rail, mass transit and any other public transportation activities in which the state may become involved. See Idaho Code 21-101
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Recess: A temporary interruption of the legislative business.
  • Registered mail: includes certified mail. See Idaho Code 73-114
  • Registrant: means the person who registers fertilizer under the provisions of this act. See Idaho Code 22-603
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  • Right of survivorship: The ownership rights that result in the acquisition of title to property by reason of having survived other co-owners.
  • Screening: means a brief process, typically using a validated tool to identify juveniles who warrant immediate attention, intervention, or a more comprehensive assessment. See Idaho Code 20-502
  • seal: includes an impression of such seal upon the paper, alone, as well as upon wax or a wafer affixed thereto; or, alternatively, the seal may be the mark of a rubber stamp providing substantially the same information as the impression. See Idaho Code 73-111
  • Secure facility: means any architecturally secure residential facility that provides twenty-four (24) hour supervision and confinement for juvenile offenders committed to the custody of the department. See Idaho Code 20-502
  • Serious crime: means any offense for which the penalty includes the possibility of confinement, incarceration, imprisonment, or detention in a correctional facility, regardless of whether actually imposed. See Idaho Code 19-6002
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Specialty fertilizer: means a fertilizer distributed for nonagricultural use. See Idaho Code 22-603
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories; and the words "United States" may include the District of Columbia and territories. See Idaho Code 73-114
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Storage container: means a container, including a railcar, nurse tank or other container that is used or intended for the storage of bulk liquid or dry fertilizer. See Idaho Code 22-603
  • Storage facility: means a location at which undivided quantities of liquid bulk fertilizer in excess of five hundred (500) U. See Idaho Code 22-603
  • Structure: means any object constructed or installed by man, including, but without limitation, buildings, towers, smokestacks, and overhead transmission lines. See Idaho Code 21-501
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Subpoena duces tecum: A command to a witness to produce documents.
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • Tenancy by the entirety: A type of joint tenancy between husband and wife that is recognized in some States. Neither party can sever the joint tenancy relationship; when a spouse dies, the survivor acquires full title to the property.
  • Testate: To die leaving a will.
  • Testator: A male person who leaves a will at death.
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • this state: means the state of Idaho. See Idaho Code 21-101
  • this state: means the state of Idaho. See Idaho Code 21-501
  • Tonnage-only distributor: means any person who assumes the responsibility for inspection fees and reports. See Idaho Code 22-603
  • Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
  • Trainee: means an inmate enrolled in an Idaho correctional industries training program. See Idaho Code 20-402
  • 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.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
  • Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.
  • Waste-derived fertilizer: includes any commercial fertilizer derived from an industrial byproduct, coproduct or other material that would otherwise be disposed of if a market for reuse were not an option, but does not include fertilizers derived from biosolids or biosolid products regulated under the code of federal regulations, 40 C. See Idaho Code 22-603