Terms Used In 23 CFR Part 620 - Engineering

• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• 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.
• farm: includes operations that, in addition to these activities:

  (i) Pack or hold raw agricultural commodities;

  (ii) Pack or hold processed food, provided that all processed food used in such activities is either consumed on that farm or another farm under the same management, or is processed food identified in paragraph (1)(iii)(B)(1) of this definition; and

  (iii) Manufacture/process food, provided that:

  (A) All food used in such activities is consumed on that farm or another farm under the same management; or

  (B) Any manufacturing/processing of food that is not consumed on that farm or another farm under the same management consists only of:

  (1) Drying/dehydrating raw agricultural commodities to create a distinct commodity (such as drying/dehydrating grapes to produce raisins), and packaging and labeling such commodities, without additional manufacturing/processing (an example of additional manufacturing/processing is slicing);

  (2) Treatment to manipulate the ripening of raw agricultural commodities (such as by treating produce with ethylene gas), and packaging and labeling treated raw agricultural commodities, without additional manufacturing/processing; and

  (3) Packaging and labeling raw agricultural commodities, when these activities do not involve additional manufacturing/processing (an example of additional manufacturing/processing is irradiation); or

  (2) Secondary activities farm. See 21 CFR 112.3

• 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.
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Recipient: includes , but is not limited to:

  (1) State-level agencies that administer, or are financed in whole or in part with, WIA Title I funds;

  (2) State Employment Security Agencies;

  (3) State and local Workforce Investment Boards;

  (4) LWIA grant recipients;

  (5) One-Stop operators;

  (6) Service providers, including eligible training providers;

  (7) On-the-Job Training (OJT) employers;

  (8) Job Corps contractors and center operators, excluding the operators of federally-operated Job Corps centers;

  (9) Job Corps national training contractors;

  (10) Outreach and admissions agencies, including Job Corps contractors that perform these functions;

  (11) Placement agencies, including Job Corps contractors that perform these functions; and

  (12) Other National Program recipients. See 29 CFR 37.4

• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.