Terms Used In U.S. Code > Title 34 > Subtitle V > Chapter 503 > Subchapter II - State and Local Law Enforcement Congressional Badge of Bravery

• 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
• 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.
• Extradition: The formal process of delivering an accused or convicted person from authorities in one state to authorities in another state.
• foreign commerce: as used in this title , includes commerce with a foreign country. See 18 USC 10
• individual: shall include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of development. See 1 USC 8
• interstate commerce: as used in this title , includes commerce between one State, Territory, Possession, or the District of Columbia and another State, Territory, Possession, or the District of Columbia. See 18 USC 10
• Majority leader: see Floor Leaders
• Minority leader: See Floor Leaders
• officer: includes any person authorized by law to perform the duties of the office. See 1 USC 1
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• 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
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• United States: as used in this title in a territorial sense, includes all places and waters, continental or insular, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, except the Canal Zone. See 18 USC 5
• Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.