Terms Used In CFR > Title 19 > Chapter I > Part 10 > Subpart I > General Provisions

• 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.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• 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.
• Days: means calendar days;

  (e) Enterprise. See 19 CFR 10.502

• Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
• Enterprise: means an entity constituted or organized under applicable law, whether or not for profit, and whether privately-owned or governmentally-owned, including any corporation, trust, partnership, sole proprietorship, joint venture, or other association;

  (f) GATT 1994. See 19 CFR 10.502

• HTSUS: means the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States as promulgated by the U. See 19 CFR 10.502
• 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.
• Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
• Originating: means qualifying for preferential tariff treatment under the rules of origin set out in SFTA Chapter Three (Rules of Origin) and General Note 25, HTSUS;

  (l) Party. See 19 CFR 10.502

• 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.
• Party: means the United States or the Republic of Singapore;

  (m) Person. See 19 CFR 10.502

• Person: means a natural person or an enterprise;

  (n) Preferential tariff treatment. See 19 CFR 10.502

• Preferential tariff treatment: means the duty rate applicable under the SFTA to an originating good, and an exemption from the merchandise processing fee;

  (o) Subheading. See 19 CFR 10.502

• Territory: means :

  (1) With respect to Singapore, its land territory, internal waters and territorial sea as well as the maritime zones beyond the territorial sea, including the seabed and subsoil over which the Republic of Singapore exercises sovereign rights or jurisdiction under its national laws and international law for the purpose of exploration and exploitation of the natural resources of such areas; and

  (2) With respect to the United States;

  (i) The customs territory of the United States, which includes the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico;

  (ii) The foreign trade zones located in the United States and Puerto Rico; and

  (iii) Any areas beyond the territorial seas of the United States within which, in accordance with international law and its domestic law, the United States may exercise rights with respect to the seabed and subsoil and their natural resources; and

  (s) WTO Agreement. See 19 CFR 10.502

• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
• United States: includes all territories and possessions of the United States, except the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Wake Island, Midway Islands, Kingman Reef, Johnston Island, and the island of Guam. See 19 CFR 134.1
• WTO Agreement: means the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization of April 15, 1994. See 19 CFR 10.502