Terms Used In Iowa Code > Chapter 2D - International Relations

• Agent: means a distributor as defined in section 453A. See Iowa Code 101B.2
• 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.
• Cigarette: means cigarette as defined in section 453A. See Iowa Code 101B.2
• clerk: means clerk of the court in which the action or proceeding is brought or is pending; and the words "clerk's office" mean the office of that clerk. See Iowa Code 4.1
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• 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.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Department: means the department of public safety. See Iowa Code 101B.2
• 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.
• explosive: includes all materials which are classified as a class 1, division 1. See Iowa Code 101A.1
• Explosive materials: means explosives or blasting agents. See Iowa Code 101A.1
• following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• importation: means transfer into the state of Iowa. See Iowa Code 101A.1
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• 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.
• license: means a license issued by the state fire marshal pursuant to this chapter. See Iowa Code 101A.1
• Licensee: means a person holding a commercial license issued by the state fire marshal pursuant to this chapter. See Iowa Code 101A.1
• Magazine: means any building or structure, other than an explosives manufacturing building, approved by the state fire marshal or the fire marshal's designated agent for the storage of explosive materials. See Iowa Code 101A.1
• Manufacturer: means any of the following:
   a. See Iowa Code 101B.2
• month: means a calendar month, and the word "year" and the abbreviation "A. See Iowa Code 4.1
• 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.
• permit: means a permit issued by a county sheriff or chief of police of a city of ten thousand or more population, pursuant to this chapter. See Iowa Code 101A.1
• Permittee: means a person holding a user's permit issued pursuant to this chapter. See Iowa Code 101A.1
• person: means individual, corporation, limited liability company, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, or any other legal entity. See Iowa Code 4.1
• Person: means any individual, corporation, partnership, or association. See Iowa Code 101A.1
• Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
• Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
• property: includes personal and real property. See Iowa Code 4.1
• Quality control and quality assurance program: means the laboratory procedures implemented to ensure that operator bias, systematic and nonsystematic methodological errors, and equipment-related problems do not affect the results of the repeatability testing, and which program ensures that the testing repeatability remains within the required repeatability values specified in section 101B. See Iowa Code 101B.2
• Repeatability: means the range of values within which the repeat results of cigarette test trials from a single laboratory will fall ninety-five percent of the time. See Iowa Code 101B.2
• Retailer: means retailer as defined in section 453A. See Iowa Code 101B.2
• Rule: includes "regulation". See Iowa Code 4.1
• Sale: means any transfer of title or possession, exchange or barter, in any manner or by any means or any agreement. See Iowa Code 101B.2
• Sell: means to sell, or to offer or agree to sell. See Iowa Code 101B.2
• state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
• United States: includes all the states. See Iowa Code 4.1
• Wholesaler: means wholesaler as defined in section 453A. See Iowa Code 101B.2
• year: means twelve consecutive months. See Iowa Code 4.1