Ky. Admin. Office of the Courts, Circuit/District Court Clerks' Manual, ch. 43 (Forcible Entry and Detainer)

Citation: Ky. Admin. Office of the Courts, Circuit/District Court Clerks' Manual, ch. 43 (Forcible Entry and Detainer)
Jurisdiction: Kentucky (state)
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Original Source: https://www.kycourts.gov/Courts/County-Information/Documents/ClerksManual.pdf ↗

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105 GLOSSARY OF TERMS
A child whose health or welfare is harmed or
Abuse and Neglect
threatened with harm when a parent, guardian, or
person in a position of trust inflicts or allows to be
inflicted upon the child physical or emotional injury,
fails or refuses to provide essential care and
protection for the child, or commits or allows to be
committed an act of sexual abuse, exploitation, or
prostitution upon the child.
A voluntary declaration of facts written down and
Affidavit
sworn to by the declarant before an officer authorized
to administer oaths.
A lien on goods, chattels, or animals for the
Agister’s Lien
reasonable charges for work or services performed or
feed provided is possessory and a person must have
possession of the article to assert such a statutory
lien.
A proceeding undertaken to have a decision
Appeal
reconsidered by a higher authority; esp., the
submission of a lower court's or agency's decision to a
higher court for review and possible reversal.
A method of dispute resolution involving one or more
Arbitration
neutral third parties who are usually agreed to by the
disputing parties and whose decision is binding.
The seizing of a person's property to secure a
Attachment
judgment or to be sold in satisfaction of a judgment.
The criminal offense of failing to appear in court after
Bail Jumping
having been released on bail.
A statutory procedure by which a (usually insolvent)
Bankruptcy
debtor obtains financial relief and undergoes a
judicially supervised reorganization or liquidation of
the debtor's assets for the benefit of creditors; a case
under the Bankruptcy Code.

583
 GLOSSARY OF TERMS

A written promise to pay or do some act if
Bond
certain circumstances occur or a certain
time elapses.