Terms Used In Virginia Code > Title 2.2 > Subtitle II > Part B > Chapter 53 - Early Intervention Services System

• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• Authority: means the Opioid Abatement Authority. See Virginia Code 2.2-2365
• Board: means the board of directors of the Authority. See Virginia Code 2.2-2365
• Community services board region: means a region as determined by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services for purposes of administering Chapter 5 of Title 37. See Virginia Code 2.2-2365
• Council: means the Virginia Interagency Coordinating Council created pursuant to § 2. See Virginia Code 2.2-5300
• Early intervention services: means services provided through Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U. See Virginia Code 2.2-5300
• Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}
• Fund: means the Opioid Abatement Fund. See Virginia Code 2.2-2365
• Historically economically disadvantaged community: means the same as such term is defined in § 56-576. See Virginia Code 2.2-2365
• Local apportionment formula: means any formula submitted to the Attorney General by participating localities pursuant to the provisions of subsection B of § 2. See Virginia Code 2.2-2365
• Participating agencies: means the Departments of Health, of Education, of Medical Assistance Services, of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, and of Social Services; the Departments for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing and for the Blind and Vision Impaired; and the Bureau of Insurance within the State Corporation Commission. See Virginia Code 2.2-5300
• Participating locality: means any county or independent city that agrees to be bound by the terms of a settlement agreement entered into by the Attorney General relating to claims regarding the manufacturing, marketing, distribution, or sale of opioids, and that releases its own such claims. See Virginia Code 2.2-2365
• Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
• state agency: means the same as that term is defined in § 2. See Virginia Code 1-206
• Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.