WHAT THE WORDS MEAN

Also called aggravator

One of the listed facts in a DUI case that raises the minimum jail term, to four days for a first offense and 14 days for a second.

Also called public intoxication, drunk in public

Appearing in a public place so plainly under the influence of alcohol that the person may endanger themselves, others or property, or unreasonably annoys people nearby.

Also called workers' comp claim

The filing that starts a contested workers' compensation claim, due within two years after the accident or after income benefits stop, whichever is later.

Also called citation, ticket

For a misdemeanor committed in an officer's presence, a written charge given instead of an arrest when there are reasonable grounds to believe the person will appear.

Also called misdemeanor

The higher class of misdemeanor, punishable by up to 12 months in jail and a fine of up to $500.

Also called felony

The lowest class of felony, punishable by one to five years.

Also called executive session

A private part of a public meeting, allowed only for a listed exception, after announcing it and voting in public.

Also called concealed carry

A firearm or other deadly weapon carried hidden, which a person twenty one or older who may lawfully possess a firearm may do without a license where a licensee may.

Also called pattern

A pattern of two or more acts showing a continuity of purpose, including following, monitoring or threatening, and using phones, social media, cameras or other devices.

Also called primary caregiver

A person a court finds by clear and convincing evidence was a child's primary caregiver and financial supporter, given the same standing in custody as a parent.

Also called take home pay

The part of earnings left after the deductions the law requires to be withheld, on which the garnishment limit is figured.

Also called DVO

The order a court may issue after a hearing on finding that domestic violence occurred and may occur again, for up to three years and renewable.

Also called DUI, drunk driving

Driving or being in physical control of a motor vehicle with an alcohol concentration of 0.08 or more, under the influence of alcohol or another substance that impairs driving, or with a listed controlled substance in the blood.

Also called paraphernalia

Equipment used or intended for growing, making, storing, concealing, injecting, ingesting or inhaling a controlled substance unlawfully.

Also called one party consent

To overhear, record, amplify or transmit any part of a wire or oral communication of others without the consent of at least one party to it, by any device.

Also called EPO

An order a court issues on the day a petition is filed when it shows an immediate and present danger of domestic violence, lasting until the hearing.

Also called utilities

Heat, running water, hot water, electricity, gas and similar services a landlord willfully failing to supply gives the tenant three remedies after written notice.

Also called clearing a record

The removal or deletion of records by the court and other agencies so the matter does not appear on official state background checks.

Also called eviction case

The court case for an eviction: a tenant's refusal to give up possession after the term ends, or after a tenancy at will or by sufferance is ended.

Also called overdose call

Seeking medical help for an overdose genuinely, which protects the caller and the person overdosing from possession and paraphernalia charges from evidence found because of it.

Also called holographic will

A will written wholly in the maker's own hand and signed, which needs no witnesses.

Also called harassing texts

Communicating by phone, mail or electronic means with intent to harass and no legitimate purpose, a Class B misdemeanor.

Also called hardship privileges, work license

Limited driving privileges a sentencing court may grant for work, school, medical care or treatment during a suspension for a DUI under a substance other than alcohol.

Also called surrogate

The person a living will names to make health care decisions as the directive says, while the attending physician finds the person lacks decisional capacity.

Also called door to door sale

A sale where the seller personally solicits it at the buyer's home and the buyer agrees there.

Also called interlock license

The license a person may apply for at any time after a DUI suspension, including after a refusal, to drive a vehicle fitted with an ignition interlock.

Also called consent to testing

A person who drives or is in physical control of a vehicle has consented to tests of blood, breath or urine when an officer has reasonable grounds to believe a DUI violation occurred.

Also called graduated license

The license a driver under eighteen may apply for after reaching sixteen and holding an instruction permit at least 180 days, with a parent's statement of at least 60 hours of supervised driving.

Also called IPO

An order for a victim of dating violence, stalking or sexual assault, who need not be a family or household member.

Also called without a will

Dying without a will, so the estate passes in the order the statutes set: the spouse, then children, then parents, then brothers and sisters.

Also called no fault divorce

Kentucky's one ground for divorce: a finding that there is no reasonable prospect of reconciliation.

Also called double damages

An amount equal to unpaid wages or overtime that an employer owes on top of them, unless a court finds good faith on reasonable grounds.

Also called alimony, spousal support

Support a court may order for either spouse who lacks property for reasonable needs and cannot support themselves through appropriate work.

Also called community property

Everything either spouse acquired after the marriage, whatever name the title is in, except gifts, inheritances and the other listed exceptions.

Also called material noncompliance

A failure by the landlord affecting health and safety that the tenant may name in a written notice ending the agreement at least 30 days out unless fixed in 14 days.

Also called grounds to modify support

A substantial and continuing change that allows child support to be modified, presumed where the guidelines change the monthly amount by fifteen percent or more.

Also called fired for cause

Conduct connected with the work that disqualifies a fired worker from unemployment, including knowingly breaking a reasonable, uniformly enforced rule and unexcused poor attendance.

Also called stand your ground

A person does not have to retreat before using deadly physical force where that force is otherwise justifiable.

Also called ROR, release on recognizance

Release before trial on the defendant's own promise to appear, which the court orders for a defendant found low risk.

Also called witness

Someone a person believes is taking part in a case, whom it is a Class D felony to sway by force, threats or harassing messages.

Also called cell phone

A phone or similar device a driver may not use to write, send or read a text based message while the vehicle is in motion on the traveled roadway.

Also called injury

Substantial physical pain or any impairment of physical condition.

Also called POA

A document giving another person authority to act for the principal, effective when signed unless it says it begins on a future date or event.

Also called castle doctrine

A person is presumed to have reasonably feared death or great bodily harm when using defensive force against someone unlawfully and forcibly entering a dwelling, residence or occupied vehicle.

Also called probation

On a first or second offense of first degree possession, the probation a person who does not enter deferred prosecution is subject to, unless the court finds them ineligible.

Also called tenant with a protective order

A tenant protected by a domestic violence order or interpersonal protective order restraining contact, under a lease made or renewed on or after June 29, 2017.

Also called open record

A record of a public agency open to inspection by any Kentucky resident, except as the open records act provides.

Also called retaliatory eviction

A landlord raising rent, cutting services, or bringing or threatening eviction because the tenant complained about conditions or joined a tenants' union.

Also called deposit

Money a landlord holds against damage, kept in a separate account, with a damage list at move in and move out.

Also called notarized will

A will signed with the maker's acknowledgment and the witnesses' affidavits before an officer who administers oaths, on the form the statute gives.

Also called small claims court

The part of District Court that hears civil claims of not more than $2,500, exclusive of interest and costs.

Also called juvenile offense

For a person under eighteen, an underage alcohol violation handled in the juvenile session of District Court or the family division of Circuit Court.

Also called time limit to sue

The time within which a lawsuit must be brought, which for an injury to the person is one year after it accrued.

Also called tenancy by sufferance

A tenancy with no fixed end, which, where the landlord tenant act is not in effect, a landlord ends with one month's written notice.

Also called making threats

Threatening a crime likely to cause death, serious physical injury or substantial property damage, or making false statements to cause an evacuation.

Also called unfair

What unfair means in the consumer protection act, which makes unfair, false, misleading or deceptive acts in trade unlawful.

Also called URLTA, landlord tenant act

The rental law in KRS 383.505 to 383.705, which applies only where a city, county or urban county government has adopted it, whole and without amendment.

Also called contributing, supplying alcohol

Knowingly selling, giving, buying or procuring alcohol for a minor other than as a licensed retailer, or inducing a minor into other crime or truancy, a Class A misdemeanor in the third degree.

Also called non criminal offense

An offense punishable by a fine only, with no jail.

Also called unpaid first week

The first eligible week of an initial unemployment claim, unpaid at first and paid later once the claim's remaining balance is no more than that week's amount.

Also called wanton

The mental state in wanton endangerment: wantonly creating a substantial danger of physical injury, or in the first degree, of death or serious physical injury.