Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes > Chapter 37 - State Agricultural Society; State Fair

• Agricultural use: means the production of livestock, dairy animals, dairy products, poultry or poultry products, fur-bearing animals, horticultural or nursery stock, fruit, vegetables, forage, grains, timber, trees, or bees and apiary products. See Minnesota Statutes 40A.02
• 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
• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• Board: means the state Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board. See Minnesota Statutes 10A.01
• Board: means the Board of Water and Soil Resources. See Minnesota Statutes 40A.02
• Candidate: means an individual who seeks nomination or election as a state constitutional officer, legislator, or judge. See Minnesota Statutes 10A.01
• Commissioner: means the commissioner of agriculture. See Minnesota Statutes 32D.01
• Commissioner: means the commissioner of agriculture. See Minnesota Statutes 40A.02
• controls: has the meaning given in section 394. See Minnesota Statutes 40A.02
• Dairy farm: means a place or premises where one or more lactating animals, including cows, goats, sheep, water buffalo, camels, or other hoofed mammals, are kept, and from which all or a portion of the milk produced at the place or premises is delivered, sold, or offered for sale. See Minnesota Statutes 32D.01
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• Department: means the Department of Agriculture. See Minnesota Statutes 40A.02
• Development: means the subdivision and partitioning of land or the construction of residences on land or the conversion to competing land uses. See Minnesota Statutes 40A.02
• District: means a soil and water conservation district. See Minnesota Statutes 40A.02
• Election: means a primary, special primary, general, or special election. See Minnesota Statutes 10A.01
• estimated market value: has the meaning given in section 273. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44
• Local government: means a county or municipality. See Minnesota Statutes 40A.02
• Milk: means the normal lacteal secretion, practically free of colostrum, obtained by the milking of one or more healthy hoofed mammals. See Minnesota Statutes 32D.01
• Municipality: means a statutory or home rule charter city or town. See Minnesota Statutes 40A.02
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• preserve: means a preserve created under this chapter. See Minnesota Statutes 40A.02
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
• Uniform Commercial Code: A set of statutes enacted by the various states to provide consistency among the states' commercial laws. It includes negotiable instruments, sales, stock transfers, trust and warehouse receipts, and bills of lading. ^{Source: OCC}
• Variable Rate: Having a "variable" rate means that the APR changes from time to time based on fluctuations in an external rate, normally the Prime Rate. This external rate is known as the "index." If the index changes, the variable rate normally changes. Also see Fixed Rate.
• Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.