Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes > Chapter 144 > TRAUMATIC BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD INJURIES

• Access: means entrance onto the premises of the property owner and an easement for purposes of surveying, designing, installing, inspecting, maintaining, operating, repairing, replacing, or removing equipment used in the construction and operation of a cable communications system. See Minnesota Statutes 238.02
• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• Alternative providers: means other providers of television programming or cable communications services. See Minnesota Statutes 238.02
• 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.
• Association member: means an individual owner of a cooperatively owned multiple dwelling complex. See Minnesota Statutes 238.02
• Cable communications system: means a system that (1) provides the service of receiving and amplifying (i) programs broadcast by one or more television or radio stations and (ii) other programs originated by a person operating a cable communications system or by another person, and (2) distributes those programs by wire, cable, microwave, or other means, regardless of whether the means are owned or leased, to persons who subscribe to the service. See Minnesota Statutes 238.02
• court administrator: means the court administrator of the court in which the action or proceeding is pending, and "court administrator's office" means that court administrator's office. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. ^Source:
• Dwelling unit: means a single unit providing complete, independent, living facilities for one or more persons, including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation. See Minnesota Statutes 238.02
• entity: means an independent, nonprofit corporation to govern the operation of the regional channel. See Minnesota Statutes 238.02
• Franchise: means any authorization granted by a municipality in the form of a franchise, privilege, permit, license or other municipal authorization to construct, operate, maintain, or manage a cable communications system in any municipality. See Minnesota Statutes 238.02
• Multiple dwelling complex: means a site, lot, field, or tract of land or water, other than a common interest community or mobile home park, whether occupied or under construction, containing more than four dwelling units. See Minnesota Statutes 238.02
• Person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44
• Person: means any individual, trustee, partnership, municipality, association, corporation or other legal entity. See Minnesota Statutes 238.02
• Property owner: means any person with a recorded interest in a multiple dwelling complex, or person known to the person operating a cable communications system to be an owner, or the authorized agent of the person. See Minnesota Statutes 238.02
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Resident: means a person or entity paying rent to a property owner. See Minnesota Statutes 238.02
• state: extends to and includes the District of Columbia and the several territories. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44
• State: means the state of Minnesota. See Minnesota Statutes 238.02
• Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.