Chapter 15B-1 Motor Vehicle Equipment Approval
Chapter 15B-2 Speed Measuring Devices
Chapter 15B-4 Pupil Transportation
Chapter 15B-7 Physical Fitness
Chapter 15B-8 Retirement Award
Chapter 15B-9 Wrecker Qualifications and Allocation System
Chapter 15B-10 Vehicle Safety Standards
Chapter 15B-12 Florida Highway Patrol Policies and Procedures
Chapter 15B-13 Operation of Soundmaking Devices in Motor Vehicles
Chapter 15B-14 Light Transmittance Measuring Devices
Chapter 15B-15 Assessment of Penalties for Violations Found During Compliance Reviews and Payment of Penalties
Chapter 15B-16 Wireless Communications Device Driving Safety Program

Terms Used In Florida Regulations > Division 15B - Division of Florida Highway Patrol

  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
  • Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
  • Recess: A temporary interruption of the legislative business.
  • 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.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.
  • Writ of certiorari: An order issued by the Supreme Court directing the lower court to transmit records for a case for which it will hear on appeal.