As used in this chapter:

(a) The term "person" means (1) any individual, partnership, corporation or association which is the owner of a business; (2) any owner, part owner, tenant, or sharecropper who operates a farm; (3) an individual who is the head of a family; or (4) an individual not a member of a family.

Terms Used In South Carolina Code 55-15-10

  • business: means any lawful activity conducted primarily (1) for the purchase and resale, manufacture, processing, or marketing of products, commodities or any other personal property; (2) for the sale of services to the public; or (3) by a nonprofit organization. See South Carolina Code 55-15-10
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • family: means two or more individuals living together in the same dwelling unit who are related to each other by blood, marriage, adoption, or legal guardianship. See South Carolina Code 55-15-10
  • farm operation: means any activity conducted solely or primarily for the production of one or more agricultural products or commodities for sale and home use, and customarily producing such products or commodities in sufficient quantity to be capable of contributing materially to the operator's support. See South Carolina Code 55-15-10
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • person: means (1) any individual, partnership, corporation or association which is the owner of a business; (2) any owner, part owner, tenant, or sharecropper who operates a farm; (3) an individual who is the head of a family; or (4) an individual not a member of a family. See South Carolina Code 55-15-10
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.

(b) The term "family" means two or more individuals living together in the same dwelling unit who are related to each other by blood, marriage, adoption, or legal guardianship.

(c) The term "displaced person" means any person who moves from real property as a result of the acquisition or reasonable expectation of acquisition of such real property, which may have been or is subsequently acquired, in whole or in part, for an airport, or as the result of the acquisition for an airport of other real property on which such person conducts a business or farm operation.

(d) The term "business" means any lawful activity conducted primarily (1) for the purchase and resale, manufacture, processing, or marketing of products, commodities or any other personal property; (2) for the sale of services to the public; or (3) by a nonprofit organization.

(e) The term "farm operation" means any activity conducted solely or primarily for the production of one or more agricultural products or commodities for sale and home use, and customarily producing such products or commodities in sufficient quantity to be capable of contributing materially to the operator’s support.

(f) The term "public authority" means the Division of Aeronautics of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority, a municipality, a county or other political subdivision of this State, separately or jointly, authorized to acquire land, air rights, safety markers, and lights as provided in Chapter 9 of Title 55.

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