Terms Used In U.S. Code > Title 21 > Chapter 4 - Animals, Meats, and Meat and Dairy Products

• Chief judge: The judge who has primary responsibility for the administration of a court but also decides cases; chief judges are determined by seniority.
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Law clerk: Assist judges with research and drafting of opinions.
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Outlays: Outlays are payments made (generally through the issuance of checks or disbursement of cash) to liquidate obligations. Outlays during a fiscal year may be for payment of obligations incurred in prior years or in the same year.
• person: means an individual, partnership, association, or corporation. See 21 USC 149
• program: means the Klamath River Basin Conservation Area Restoration Program established under section 460ss-1(b) of this title. See 16 USC 460ss-6
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Secretary: means the Secretary of the Interior. See 16 USC 460ss-6
• Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
• United States: means the fifty States and the District of Columbia. See 21 USC 149
• vehicle: includes every description of carriage or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on land. See 1 USC 4
• Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.