Terms Used In New York Laws > Vehicle and Traffic > Title 4 > Article 17-B - Interjurisdictional Pre-arranged For-hire Vehicle Operation

• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• 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.
• 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.
• officer: as used in this article , means a commissioned officer, a commissioned warrant officer or a warrant officer. See N.Y. Military Law 223
• Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.