Terms Used In CFR > Title 23 > Chapter I > Subchapter G > Part 630 > Subpart B - Plans, Specifications, and Estimates

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
• 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

• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.