Subpart A General Provisions
Subpart B Alabama
Subpart C Alaska
Subpart D Arizona
Subpart E Arkansas
Subpart F California
Subpart G Colorado
Subpart H Connecticut
Subpart I Delaware
Subpart J District of Columbia
Subpart K Florida
Subpart L Georgia
Subpart M Hawaii
Subpart N Idaho
Subpart O Illinois
Subpart P Indiana
Subpart Q Iowa
Subpart R Kansas
Subpart S Kentucky
Subpart T Louisiana
Subpart U Maine
Subpart V Maryland
Subpart W Massachusetts
Subpart X Michigan
Subpart Y Minnesota
Subpart Z Mississippi
Subpart AA Missouri
Subpart BB Montana
Subpart CC Nebraska
Subpart DD Nevada
Subpart EE New Hampshire
Subpart FF New Jersey
Subpart GG New Mexico
Subpart HH New York
Subpart II North Carolina
Subpart JJ North Dakota
Subpart KK Ohio
Subpart LL Oklahoma
Subpart MM Oregon
Subpart NN Pennsylvania
Subpart OO Rhode Island
Subpart PP South Carolina
Subpart QQ South Dakota
Subpart RR Tennessee
Subpart SS Texas
Subpart TT Utah
Subpart UU Vermont
Subpart VV Virginia
Subpart WW Washington
Subpart XX West Virginia
Subpart YY Wisconsin
Subpart ZZ Wyoming
Subpart AAA Guam
Subpart BBB Puerto Rico
Subpart CCC Virgin Islands
Subpart DDD American Samoa
Subpart EEE Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Subpart FFF Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
Subpart GGG Osage Mineral Reserve–Class II Wells
Subpart HHH Lands of the Navajo, Ute Mountain Ute, and All Other New Mexico Tribes
Subpart III Lands of Certain Oklahoma Indian Tribes
Subpart JJJ Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes
Subpart LLL Navajo Indian Lands

Terms Used In 40 CFR Part 147 - State, Tribal, and Epa-Administered Underground Injection Control Programs

  • Allegation: something that someone says happened.
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • 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.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Chambers: A judge's office.
  • 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.
  • Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
  • 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.
  • Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Habeas corpus: A writ that is usually used to bring a prisoner before the court to determine the legality of his imprisonment. It may also be used to bring a person in custody before the court to give testimony, or to be prosecuted.
  • Interrogatories: Written questions asked by one party of an opposing party, who must answer them in writing under oath; a discovery device in a lawsuit.
  • 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.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • 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.
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Probation officers: Screen applicants for pretrial release and monitor convicted offenders released under court supervision.
  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • 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.
  • Remand: When an appellate court sends a case back to a lower court for further proceedings.
  • Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
  • 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.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.