Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes > Chapter 153A > Article 20 - Consolidation and Governmental Study Commissions

• City: means a city as defined by N. See North Carolina General Statutes 153A-1
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• County: means any one of the counties listed in N. See North Carolina General Statutes 153A-1
• 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
• state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3