Terms Used In U.S. Code > Title 26 > Subtitle I > Chapter 98 > Subchapter B - General Provisions

• Board: means the Board of Directors of the Institute. See 22 USC 4602
• Chairman: means the Chairman of the National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Policies. See 22 USC 262r
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Institute: means the United States Institute of Peace established by this chapter. See 22 USC 4602
• 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.
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• Secretary: means the Secretary of the Treasury or his delegate. See 26 USC 7701
• Secretary of the Treasury: means the Secretary of the Treasury, personally, and shall not include any delegate of his. See 26 USC 7701
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• United States: when used in a geographical sense includes only the States and the District of Columbia. See 26 USC 7701
• 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