[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 17, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 17CFR10.2]

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              TITLE 17--COMMODITY AND SECURITIES EXCHANGES
 
             CHAPTER I--COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION
 
PART 10_RULES OF PRACTICE--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A_General Provisions
 
Sec.  10.2  Definitions.

    For purposes of this part:
    (a) Act means the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended, 7 U.S.C. 1, et 
seq.;
    (b) Adjudicatory proceeding means a judicial-type proceeding leading 
to the formulation of a final order;
    (c) Administrative Law Judge means an administrative law judge 
appointed pursuant to the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 3105 (provisions of the 
rules in this part which refer to Administrative Law Judges may be 
applicable to other Presiding Officers as well, as set forth in Sec.  
10.8);
    (d) Administrative Procedure Act means those provisions of the 
Administrative Procedure Act, as codified, which are contained in 5 
U.S.C. 551 through 559;
    (e) Commission means the Commodity Futures Trading Commission;
    (f) Complaint means any document initiating an adjudicatory 
proceeding, whether designated a complaint or an order for proceeding or 
otherwise;
    (g) Division of Enforcement means that office in the Commission that 
prosecutes a complaint issued by the Commission;
    (h) Hearing means that part of a proceeding which involves the 
submission of evidence, either by oral presentation or written 
submission;
    (i) Proceedings Clerk means that member of the Commission's staff 
designated as such in the Commission's Office of Proceedings.

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    (j) Order means the whole or any part of a final procedural or 
substantive disposition of a matter by the Commission or by the 
Presiding Officer in a matter other than rulemaking;
    (k) Party includes a person or agency named or admitted as a party 
to a proceeding;
    (l) Person includes an individual, partnership, corporation, 
association, exchange or other entity or organization;
    (m) Pleading means the complaint, the answer to the complaint, any 
supplement or amendment thereto, and any reply that may be permitted to 
any answer, supplement or amendment;
    (n) Presiding Officer means a member of the Commission, and 
Administrative Law Judge, or a hearing officer designated by the 
Commission to conduct a hearing on a specific matter, or the Commission 
itself, if it is to preside at or accept the introduction of evidence in 
a particular proceeding (provisions of the rules in this part which 
refer to Administrative Law Judges may be applicable to other Presiding 
Officers as well, as set forth in Sec.  10.8);
    (o) Respondent means a party to an adjudicatory proceeding against 
whom findings may be made or relief or remedial action may be taken.

[41 FR 2511, Jan. 16, 1976, as amended at 60 FR 54801, Oct. 26, 1995]