Terms Used In CFR > Title 42 > Chapter IV > Subchapter A - General Provisions

• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• Case law: The law as laid down in cases that have been decided in the decisions of the courts.
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
• Statute of limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights.
• Uphold: The decision of an appellate court not to reverse a lower court decision.