Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes > Chapter 19A > Article 5A - Animal Shelter Support Fund

• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• 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
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• United States: shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3