Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes > Assistive Technology Regulation Act

• Action: shall include any proceeding in any court of this state. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
• 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.
• Assistive device: means any device, including a demonstrator, that a consumer purchases or accepts transfer of in this state which is used for a major life activity, including, but not limited to, manual wheelchairs, motorized wheelchairs, motorized scooters, and other aides that enhance the mobility of an individual. See Nebraska Statutes 69-2603
• Assistive device dealer: means a person who is in the business of selling assistive devices. See Nebraska Statutes 69-2604
• Assistive device lessor: means a person who leases an assistive device to a consumer under a written lease or who holds the lessor's rights under a written lease. See Nebraska Statutes 69-2605
• Attorney: shall mean attorney at law. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
• Collateral costs: means expenses incurred by an assistive device lessor or a consumer in connection with the repair of a nonconformity, including the costs of sales tax and of obtaining an alternative assistive device. See Nebraska Statutes 69-2606
• Consumer: means any of the following:

  (1) An individual or entity purchasing an assistive device if the assistive device was purchased from an assistive device dealer or manufacturer for purposes other than resale. See Nebraska Statutes 69-2607

• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• Demonstrator: means an assistive device used primarily for the purpose of demonstration to the public. See Nebraska Statutes 69-2608
• Domestic: when applied to corporations shall mean all those created by authority of this state. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
• Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}
• 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.
• Finance charge: The total cost of credit a customer must pay on a consumer loan, including interest. The Truth in Lending Act requires disclosure of the finance charge. ^{Source: OCC}
• 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.
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Major life activity: means a function such as caring for oneself, performing manual tasks, walking, seeing, hearing, speaking, breathing, learning, and working. See Nebraska Statutes 69-2609
• Manufacturer: means a person who manufactures or assembles assistive devices and agents of that person, including an importer, a distributor, a factory branch, a distributor branch, and any warrantors of the manufacturer's assistive device, but not including an assistive device dealer. See Nebraska Statutes 69-2610
• Month: shall mean calendar month. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
• Nonconformity: means a condition or defect that substantially impairs the use, value, or safety of an assistive device and that is covered by an express warranty applicable to the assistive device or to a component of the assistive device but does not include (1) a condition or defect that is the result of abuse, neglect, or unauthorized modification or alteration of the assistive device by a consumer or (2) a condition that is the result of normal use which could be resolved through fitting adjustments, cleaning, or proper care. See Nebraska Statutes 69-2611
• Person: shall include bodies politic and corporate, societies, communities, the public generally, individuals, partnerships, limited liability companies, joint-stock companies, and associations. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
• Person shall: include bodies politic and corporate, societies, communities, the public generally, individuals, partnerships, limited liability companies, joint-stock companies, and associations. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
• Reasonable allowance for use: means an amount up to a maximum of the amount obtained by multiplying the total amount for which the written lease obligates the consumer by a fraction, the denominator of which is one thousand eight hundred twenty-five and the numerator of which is the number of days that the consumer used the assistive device before first reporting the nonconformity to the manufacturer, assistive device lessor, or assistive device dealer. See Nebraska Statutes 69-2612
• Reasonable attempt to repair: means within the terms of an express warranty applicable to a new assistive device:

  (1) Any nonconformity within the warranty that has been repaired by the manufacturer, the assistive device lessor, or any of the manufacturer's authorized assistive device dealers on at least two previous occasions and a nonconformity continues. See Nebraska Statutes 69-2613

• Recess: A temporary interruption of the legislative business.
• State: when applied to different states of the United States shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories organized by Congress. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
• United States: shall include territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
• Year: shall mean calendar year. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801