§ 300301 Agency
§ 300302 Certified local government
§ 300303 Council
§ 300304 Cultural park
§ 300305 Historic conservation district
§ 300306 Historic Preservation Fund
§ 300307 Historic preservation review commission
§ 300308 Historic property
§ 300309 Indian tribe
§ 300310 Local government
§ 300311 National Register
§ 300312 National Trust
§ 300313 Native Hawaiian
§ 300314 Native Hawaiian organization
§ 300315 Preservation or historic preservation
§ 300316 Secretary
§ 300317 State
§ 300318 State historic preservation review board
§ 300319 Tribal land
§ 300320 Undertaking
§ 300321 World Heritage Convention

Terms Used In U.S. Code > Title 54 > Subtitle III > Chapter 3003 - Definitions

  • 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
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • individual: shall include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of development. See 1 USC 8
  • 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.
  • officer: includes any person authorized by law to perform the duties of the office. See 1 USC 1
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • 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