§ 42-1-10 Short title
§ 42-1-20 Application of definitions
§ 42-1-30 “Adoption” and “adopted” defined
§ 42-1-40 “Average weekly wages” defined
§ 42-1-50 “Average weekly wage in this State for the preceding fiscal year” defined
§ 42-1-60 “Carrier” and “insurer” defined
§ 42-1-70 “Child”, “grandchild”, “brother” and “sister” defined
§ 42-1-80 “Commission” defined
§ 42-1-90 “Commission” defined; reference to administrative or judicial department
§ 42-1-100 “Compensation” defined
§ 42-1-110 “Death” defined
§ 42-1-120 “Disability” defined
§ 42-1-130 “Employee” defined
§ 42-1-140 “Employer” defined
§ 42-1-150 “Employment” defined
§ 42-1-160 “Injury” and “personal injury” defined
§ 42-1-170 “Parent” defined
§ 42-1-172 Definitions
§ 42-1-175 “Surviving spouse” defined
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Terms Used In South Carolina Code > Title 42 > Chapter 1 > Article 1 - Short Title; Definitions

  • accident: as used in this title must not be construed to mean a series of events in employment, of a similar or like nature, occurring regularly, continuously, or at frequent intervals in the course of such employment, over extended periods of time. See South Carolina Code 42-1-160
  • 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
  • Commission: means the State Crop Pest Commission or an officer or employee of the commission to whom authority to act in its stead is granted. See South Carolina Code 46-9-15
  • 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.
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Director: means the Director of Regulatory and Public Service Programs, Clemson University. See South Carolina Code 46-9-15
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Division: means the Division of Regulatory and Public Service Programs, Clemson University, and its employees, agents, and officials. See South Carolina Code 46-9-15
  • Donor: The person who makes a gift.
  • 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.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Infested area: means that geographic area of the State in which the presence of a plant pest has been confirmed and in which primary remediation efforts will be applied. See South Carolina Code 46-9-15
  • 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.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • medical evidence: means expert opinion or testimony stated to a reasonable degree of medical certainty, documents, records, or other material that is offered by a licensed health care provider. See South Carolina Code 42-1-160
  • medically complex cases: means sophisticated cases requiring highly scientific procedures or techniques for diagnosis or treatment excluding MRIs, CAT scans, x-rays, or other similar diagnostic techniques. See South Carolina Code 42-1-160
  • Plant pest: means a living stage of insects, mites, nematodes, slugs, animals, protozoa, snails or other invertebrate animals, bacteria, weeds, fungi, other parasite plants or their reproductive parts, or viruses, or organisms similar to or allied with the foregoing, including genetically engineered organisms or infectious substances which directly or indirectly may injure or cause disease or damage in plants or their parts or processed, manufactured, or other products of plants, and which may be a serious agricultural threat to the State, as determined by the director. See South Carolina Code 46-9-15
  • Quarantine: means limitations placed upon the free movement of plant pests, animals, plants, equipment, machinery, goods, genetically engineered organisms, or means of transportation, or all of the foregoing, considered reasonably necessary to prevent the spread of a plant pest. See South Carolina Code 46-9-15
  • Regulated area: means that geographic area of the State adjacent, but not necessarily contiguous, to the infested area and in which efforts are designed to prevent further movement and spread of a plant pest. See South Carolina Code 46-9-15
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.