Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes > Chapter 22 - Connecticut Law Revision Commission

• 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.
• 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.
• another: may extend and be applied to communities, companies, corporations, public or private, limited liability companies, societies and associations. See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1
• 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.
• Board: means the Connecticut Board of Examiners of Embalmers and Funeral Directors. See Connecticut General Statutes 20-207
• Board: means the Connecticut Examining Board for Barbers, Hairdressers and Cosmeticians established under §. See Connecticut General Statutes 20-250
• Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Public Health. See Connecticut General Statutes 20-250
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• 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.
• Department: means the Department of Public Health. See Connecticut General Statutes 20-250
• Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
• 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.
• Full-time employment: means regular and steady work during the normal working hours by any person at the establishment at which he is employed. See Connecticut General Statutes 20-207
• Funeral directing: means the business, practice or profession, as commonly practiced, of (A) directing or supervising funerals, or providing funeral services. See Connecticut General Statutes 20-207
• Funeral director: means any person engaged or holding himself or herself out as engaged in funeral directing whether or not he or she uses in connection with his or her name or business the words "funeral director" "undertaker" or "mortician" or any other word or title intended to designate him or her as a funeral director or mortician or as one so engaged. See Connecticut General Statutes 20-207
• Funeral service business: means the business, practice or profession of funeral directing. See Connecticut General Statutes 20-207
• Hairdressing and cosmetology: means the art of dressing, arranging, curling, waving, weaving, cutting, singeing, bleaching and coloring the hair and treating the scalp of any person, and massaging, cleansing, stimulating, manipulating, exercising or beautifying with the use of the hands, appliances, cosmetic preparations, antiseptics, tonics, lotions, creams, powders, oils or clays and doing similar work on the face, neck and arms for compensation, removing hair from the face or neck using manual or mechanical means, excluding esthetics, as defined in §. See Connecticut General Statutes 20-250
• 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.
• Licensed embalmer: means an embalmer holding a license as provided in this chapter. See Connecticut General Statutes 20-207
• Licensed funeral director: means a funeral director holding a license as provided in this chapter. See Connecticut General Statutes 20-207
• Manager: means an individual who (A) is licensed as an embalmer or funeral director pursuant to this chapter and (B) has direct and personal responsibility for the daily operation and management of a funeral service business. See Connecticut General Statutes 20-207
• Minority leader: See Floor Leaders
• 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.
• 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.
• Person: means an individual or corporation, but not a partnership. See Connecticut General Statutes 20-207
• President pro tempore: A constitutionally recognized officer of the Senate who presides over the chamber in the absence of the Vice President. The President Pro Tempore (or, "president for a time") is elected by the Senate and is, by custom, the Senator of the majority party with the longest record of continuous service.
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Recourse: An arrangement in which a bank retains, in form or in substance, any credit risk directly or indirectly associated with an asset it has sold (in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles) that exceeds a pro rata share of the bank's claim on the asset. If a bank has no claim on an asset it has sold, then the retention of any credit risk is recourse. ^{Source: FDIC}
• Registered apprentice embalmer: means a person registered with the Department of Public Health as an apprentice pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. See Connecticut General Statutes 20-207
• Registered apprentice funeral director: means a person registered with the Department of Public Health as an apprentice pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. See Connecticut General Statutes 20-207
• Registered hairdresser and cosmetician: means any person who (A) has successfully completed the ninth grade, and (B) holds a license to practice as a registered hairdresser and cosmetician. See Connecticut General Statutes 20-250
• Student: means any person who is engaged in learning or acquiring a knowledge of hairdressing and cosmetology at a school approved in accordance with the provisions of this chapter who has successfully completed ninth grade or its equivalent. See Connecticut General Statutes 20-250