Terms Used In West Virginia Code > Chapter 21 > Article 14 - Supervision of Plumbing Work

• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Commissioner: means the labor commissioner or his designated agent. See West Virginia Code 21-3A-2
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• 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.
• Employee: means any public employee of the state, or any state agency. See West Virginia Code 21-3A-2
• 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.
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• Journeyman plumber: means a person qualified by passage of a journeyman plumber written examination with a score of at least 70 percent and who is competent to instruct and supervise the work of a plumber in training. See West Virginia Code 21-14-2
• License: means a valid and current license issued by the Commissioner of Labor in accordance with the provisions of this article. See West Virginia Code 21-14-2
• Master plumber: means a person who has passed a master plumber written examination with a score of at least 70 percent and who is competent to design plumbing systems, and to instruct and supervise the plumbing work of journeyman plumbers, and plumbers in training: Provided, That the master plumber written examination may not be taken until one year after passage of the journeyman plumber examination. See West Virginia Code 21-14-2
• Offense: includes every act or omission for which a fine, forfeiture, or punishment is imposed by law. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
• Person: means one or more individuals. See West Virginia Code 21-3A-2
• Plumber in training: means a person who has not passed the journeyman plumber examination: Provided, That the fee for plumbers in training may not be higher than $25. See West Virginia Code 21-14-2
• Plumbing: means the practice, materials, and fixtures utilized within a building in the installation, extension, and alteration of all piping, fixtures, water treatment devices, plumbing appliances, and appurtenances, in connection with sanitary drainage or storm drainage facilities. See West Virginia Code 21-14-2
• Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
• Single family dwelling: means a building which is occupied as, or designed or intended for occupancy as, a single residence for one or more persons. See West Virginia Code 21-14-2
• State: when applied to a part of the United States and not restricted by the context, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" also include the said district and territories. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.