{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/s2996a","title":42,"num":"\u00a7\u202f2996a.","heading":"Definitions","text":"\u00a7\u202f2996a.\nDefinitions\nAs used in this subchapter, the term\u2014\n(1) \u201cBoard\u201d means the Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation;\n(2) \u201cCorporation\u201d means the Legal Services Corporation established under this subchapter;\n(3) \u201celigible client\u201d means any person financially unable to afford legal assistance;\n(4) \u201cGovernor\u201d means the chief executive officer of a State;\n(5) \u201clegal assistance\u201d means the provision of any legal services consistent with the purposes and provisions of this subchapter;\n(6) \u201crecipient\u201d means any grantee, contractee, or recipient of financial assistance described in clause (A) of\nsection 2996e(a)(1) of this title\n(7) \u201cstaff attorney\u201d means an attorney who receives more than one-half of his annual professional income from a recipient organized solely for the provision of legal assistance to eligible clients under this subchapter; and\n(8) \u201cState\u201d means any State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and any other territory or possession of the United States.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t42/s2996a.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s2996a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f2996a."},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"As used in this subchapter, the term\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s2996a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cBoard\u201d means the Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s2996a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cCorporation\u201d means the Legal Services Corporation established under this subchapter;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s2996a/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201celigible client\u201d means any person financially unable to afford legal assistance;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s2996a/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cGovernor\u201d means the chief executive officer of a State;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s2996a/5","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(5)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201clegal assistance\u201d means the provision of any legal services consistent with the purposes and provisions of this subchapter;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s2996a/6","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(6)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201crecipient\u201d means any grantee, contractee, or recipient of financial assistance described in clause (A) of ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 2996e(a)(1) of this title","href":"/us/usc/t42/s2996e/a/1","tail":";"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s2996a/7","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(7)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cstaff attorney\u201d means an attorney who receives more than one-half of his annual professional income from a recipient organized solely for the provision of legal assistance to eligible clients under this subchapter; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s2996a/8","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(8)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cState\u201d means any State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and any other territory or possession of the United States.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}