CFR > Title 31 > Subtitle A > Part 21 > Subpart B – Activities by Own Employees
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§ 21.200 | Agency and legislative liaison |
§ 21.205 | Professional and technical services |
§ 21.210 | Reporting |
Terms Used In CFR > Title 31 > Subtitle A > Part 21 > Subpart B - Activities by Own Employees
- 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.
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Devise: To gift property by will.
- Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
- 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.