§ 43.001 Legislative findings and declaration of policy
§ 43.01 Definitions
§ 43.03 General duties of state superintendent
§ 43.05 General duties of the division
§ 43.06 Collection and maintenance of data
§ 43.07 Council on library and network development
§ 43.09 Certificates and standards
§ 43.11 County library planning committees
§ 43.12 County payment for library services
§ 43.13 Division review
§ 43.15 Standards for public library systems
§ 43.16 Resource libraries
§ 43.17 Public library systems; general provisions
§ 43.18 Withdrawal, abolition and expulsion
§ 43.19 Federated public library systems
§ 43.21 Consolidated public library systems
§ 43.24 State aid
§ 43.27 Distribution of materials from resources for libraries and lifelong learning collection to public library systems
§ 43.30 Public library records
§ 43.52 Municipal libraries
§ 43.53 Joint libraries
§ 43.54 Municipal library board composition
§ 43.57 Consolidated county libraries and county library services
§ 43.58 Powers and duties
§ 43.60 County appointments to municipal and joint public library boards
§ 43.64 County tax
§ 43.70 Common school fund
§ 43.72 Library exchanges

Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes > Chapter 43 - Libraries

  • 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.
  • Bequest: includes a devise; "bequeath" includes devise. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • Bequest: Property gifted by will.
  • Case law: The law as laid down in cases that have been decided in the decisions of the courts.
  • Caucus: From the Algonquian Indian language, a caucus meant "to meet together." An informal organization of members of the legislature that exists to discuss issues of mutual concern and possibly to perform legislative research and policy planning for its members. There are regional, political or ideological, ethnic, and economic-based caucuses.
  • Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
  • Donee: The recipient of a gift.
  • Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
  • Forbearance: A means of handling a delinquent loan. A
  • in writing: includes any representation of words, letters, symbols or figures. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • 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
  • Optical imaging: means transferring to a format employing an optical disc. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Personal representative: means a person, however denominated, who is authorized to administer a decedent's estate. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Police department: includes a department under…. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • 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.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Town board: means the town board of supervisors. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • 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.
  • Week: means 7 consecutive days. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01