R. 65-2.042 Applicant/Recipient Fair Hearings
R. 65-2.043 Hearings Request and Notification of Right to Hearings
R. 65-2.044 Right to Request a Hearing
R. 65-2.045 Hearings Request
R. 65-2.046 Time Limits in Which to Request a Hearing
R. 65-2.047 Preliminary or Procedural Matters
R. 65-2.048 Action to Reduce or Discontinue Assistance or Service
R. 65-2.049 Hearing Request Procedures
R. 65-2.050 Transportation
R. 65-2.056 Basis of Hearings
R. 65-2.057 Conduct of Hearing
R. 65-2.058 Appearances
R. 65-2.059 Continuances
R. 65-2.060 Evidence
R. 65-2.061 Failure to Appear
R. 65-2.066 Final Orders
R. 65-2.068 TANF Overpayment Hearings
R. 65-2.069 Intentional Program Violation Disqualification Hearings

Terms Used In Florida Regulations > Chapter 65-2 - Rules of Practice and Procedure

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • 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.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • 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.
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • 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.
  • Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
  • 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.
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.