Terms Used In CFR > Title 31 > Subtitle B > Chapter V > Part 591 > Subpart I - Paperwork Reduction Act

• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• Entire package final offer arbitration: is a procedure under which the arbitrator must select, without modification, the entire proposal submitted by one of the parties to the arbitration. See 47 CFR 51.5
• Issue-by-issue final offer arbitration: is a procedure under which the arbitrator must select, without modification, on an issue-by-issue basis, one of the proposals submitted by the parties to the arbitration. See 47 CFR 51.5
• 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.