Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 41 > Chapter 15 - Governor's Office On Tribal Relations

• Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Cooperative: means a corporation that is organized under this article or that becomes subject to this article in the manner provided in this article. See Arizona Laws 10-2051
• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• Donor: The person who makes a gift.
• Grantee: includes every person to whom an estate or interest in real property passes, in or by a deed. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Joint session: When both chambers of a legislature adopt a concurrent resolution to meet together.
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Legislative session: That part of a chamber's daily session in which it considers legislative business (bills, resolutions, and actions related thereto).
• Newspaper: has the meaning set forth in section 39-201. See Arizona Laws 10-140
• Property: includes both real and personal property. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215