Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 7A-355

  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.

The following districts or sets of districts as defined in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-41.1(a) shall have trial court administrators: Set of districts 10A, 10B, 10C, 10D; District 22, District 27B, and District 28, and such other districts or sets of districts as may be designated by the Administrative Office of the Courts. (1979, c. 1072, s. 10; 1987 (Reg. Sess., 1988), c. 1037, s. 27; 2022-74, s. 16.9(d).)