Terms Used In CFR > Title 24 > Subtitle B > Chapter IX > Part 972 > Subpart A > Required Conversion Process

• Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
• conversion: as used in this subpart , does not necessarily mean the physical removal of the public housing development. See 24 CFR 972.103
• 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.
• Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.