Terms Used In South Carolina Code > Title 44 > Chapter 122 - County Grants Fund for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Initiatives

• Adolescent: means an individual nineteen years of age and under. See South Carolina Code 44-122-10
• Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Contractor: means a public or private agency or organization receiving money from the fund. See South Carolina Code 44-122-10
• County government: means the governing body of a county or the organization or agency in a county that has been designated pursuant to § 44-122-30(C) to assume the duties and responsibilities assigned to county governments. See South Carolina Code 44-122-10
• Department: means the South Carolina Department of Social Services. See South Carolina Code 44-122-10
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• 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.
• Fund: means the County Grants Fund for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Initiatives created by this chapter. See South Carolina Code 44-122-10
• Initiative: means a local program or project funded by a county or consortium of counties pursuant to this chapter. See South Carolina Code 44-122-10
• 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.
• Local interagency council: means an organized group of representatives of public and private agencies in the county with functions related to youth development. See South Carolina Code 44-122-10
• Long term outcome: means the measurable reduction in the rate of adolescent pregnancy for a specific target population or defined geographic area. See South Carolina Code 44-122-10
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Primary pregnancy prevention: means prevention of first pregnancy. See South Carolina Code 44-122-10
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Short term outcomes: means the intermediate results that a particular adolescent pregnancy prevention intervention is likely to produce including, but not limited to, increased knowledge, behavior change, or delays or reductions in sexual activity. See South Carolina Code 44-122-10
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• Testify: Answer questions in court.
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.