Terms Used In U.S. Code > Title 19 > Chapter 22 > Subchapter IV - Agriculture-Related Provisions

• Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• association: when used in reference to a corporation, shall be deemed to embrace the words "successors and assigns of such company or association" in like manner as if these last-named words, or words of similar import, were expressed. See 1 USC 5
• Bequest: Property gifted by will.
• Commission: means the Pacific Salmon Commission established by the Treaty. See 16 USC 3631
• 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.
• county: includes a parish, or any other equivalent subdivision of a State or Territory of the United States. See 1 USC 2
• Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• 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.
• Layover: Informal term for a period of delay required by rule. For example, when a bill or other measure is reported from committee, it may be considered on the floor only after it "lies over" for one legislative day and after the written report has been available for two calendar days. Layover periods may be waived by unanimous consent.
• officer: includes any person authorized by law to perform the duties of the office. See 1 USC 1
• Panel: means any of the Panels established by the Treaty. See 16 USC 3631
• person: means any individual (whether or not a citizen or national of the United States), any corporation, partnership, association, or other entity (whether or not organized or existing under the laws of any State). See 16 USC 3631
• salmon: means any anadromous species of the family Salmonidae and genus Oncorhynchus, commonly known as Pacific salmon, including but not limited to:
  
  

  Popular names	Scientific name
  Chinook or King Salmon	Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
  Coho or Silver Salmon	Oncorhynchus kisutch
  Pink or Humpback Salmon	Oncorhynchus gorbuscha
  Chum or Dog Salmon	Oncorhynchus keta
  Sockeye or Red Salmon	Oncorhynchus nerka

  
  

  and shall also include Steelhead (Salmo gairdneri). See 16 USC 3631

• Secretary: means the Secretary of Commerce. See 16 USC 3631
• State: means a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any other territory or possession of the United States. See 1 USC 7
• Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
• Treaty: means the Treaty between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Canada Concerning Pacific Salmon, signed at Ottawa, January 28, 1985. See 16 USC 3631
• United States Section: means the four United States Commissioners appointed by the President pursuant to this chapter. See 16 USC 3631
• vessel: includes every description of watercraft or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on water. See 1 USC 3