Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes > Chapter 17C > Article 2 - North Carolina Criminal Justice Fellows Program

• 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.
• Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
• Clerk of court: An officer appointed by the court to work with the chief judge in overseeing the court's administration, especially to assist in managing the flow of cases through the court and to maintain court records.
• Commission: The North Carolina Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission. See North Carolina General Statutes 17C-20
• Committee: The North Carolina Criminal Justice Fellows Committee. See North Carolina General Statutes 17C-20
• Community college: As defined in N. See North Carolina General Statutes 17C-20
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Division: The Criminal Justice Standards Division of the North Carolina Department of Justice. See North Carolina General Statutes 17C-20
• Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
• Eligible county: A county with a population of less than 200,000 according to the latest federal decennial census. See North Carolina General Statutes 17C-20
• Eligible criminal justice professions: State and local sworn law enforcement officers, State correctional officers, other correctional officers maintained by local governments and juvenile justice agencies, sworn sheriffs and deputy sheriffs, detention officers, and telecommunicators under the direct supervision of a law enforcement agency. See North Carolina General Statutes 17C-20
• Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
• 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
• 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.
• in writing: may be construed to include printing, engraving, lithographing, and any other mode of representing words and letters: Provided, that in all cases where a written signature is required by law, the same shall be in a proper handwriting, or in a proper mark. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
• 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.
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• personal relationship: means a relationship wherein the parties involved:

  (1)        Are current or former spouses;

  (2)        Are persons of opposite sex who live together or have lived together;

  (3)        Are related as parents and children, including others acting in loco parentis to a minor child, or as grandparents and grandchildren. See North Carolina General Statutes 50B-1

• Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
• Pro se: A Latin term meaning "on one's own behalf"; in courts, it refers to persons who present their own cases without lawyers.
• Program: The North Carolina Criminal Justice Fellows Program. See North Carolina General Statutes 17C-20
• protective order: includes any order entered pursuant to this Chapter upon hearing by the court or consent of the parties. See North Carolina General Statutes 50B-1
• Recipient: An individual selected by the Committee to receive a forgivable loan under the Program. See North Carolina General Statutes 17C-20
• Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
• 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
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
• United States: shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3