Terms Used In CFR > Title 33 > Chapter I > Subchapter P > Part 160 > Subpart B - Control of Vessel and Facility Operations

• 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.
• Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
• 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.
• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
• 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.
• passenger car: means that segment of the rail rolling equipment located between two trucks. See 49 CFR 238.5
• passenger equipment: means a segment of rail rolling equipment located between two trucks that is used in a train with one or more passenger cars. See 49 CFR 238.5
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.