Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 8 > Chapter 4 > Article 6 - Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children

• Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Adult: means a person who has attained eighteen years of age. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• Authority: means the Arizona power authority. See Arizona Laws 30-101
• Commission: means Arizona power authority commission. See Arizona Laws 30-101
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Department: means the department of child safety. See Arizona Laws 8-201
• Department: means the department of health services. See Arizona Laws 30-651
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Diagnostic mammography: means an x-ray imaging of the breast performed on persons who have symptoms or physical signs indicative of breast disease. See Arizona Laws 30-651
• Digital breast tomosynthesis: means multiple low-dose images of the breast as an x-ray tube moves around an arc. See Arizona Laws 30-651
• Director: means the director of the department. See Arizona Laws 8-201
• Director: means the director of the department. See Arizona Laws 30-651
• Electronic product: means :

  (a) Any machine or device designed to produce a beam of ionizing radiation as the result of the operation of an electronic circuit or component. See Arizona Laws 30-651

• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. ^{Source: OCC}
• Ionizing radiation: means gamma rays and x-rays, alpha and beta particles, high speed electrons, neutrons, protons and other nuclear particles or rays. See Arizona Laws 30-651
• 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.
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
• Operating units: means districts, state agencies, federal Indian agencies, cities and towns. See Arizona Laws 30-101
• Operation: means adjustments or procedures by the user required for the equipment to perform its intended functions. See Arizona Laws 30-651
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Person: means any individual, corporation, partnership, firm, association, trust, estate, public or private institution, group, agency or political subdivision of this state, or any other state or political subdivision or agency of such state, and any legal successor, representative, agent, or agency of the foregoing, other than the United States nuclear regulatory commission or any successor, and other than federal government agencies and any other entities licensed by the United States nuclear regulatory commission or any successor. See Arizona Laws 30-651
• Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Power: means electric power or electric energy, or both. See Arizona Laws 30-101
• Process: means a citation, writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Property: includes both real and personal property. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Radiation: means :

  (a) Ionizing radiation, including gamma rays, x-rays, alpha and beta particles, high speed electrons, neutrons, protons and other nuclear particles or rays. See Arizona Laws 30-651

• Radiation machine: means any manufactured devices or products producing any of the following:

  (a) X-rays for medical, industrial, research and development or educational purposes. See Arizona Laws 30-651

• Radioactive material: means any material or materials, solid, liquid or gaseous, that emit radiation spontaneously. See Arizona Laws 30-651
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• Service: means major adjustments or repairs, usually requiring specialized training or tools, or both. See Arizona Laws 30-651
• Source material: means :

  (a) Uranium, thorium or any other material that the governor declares by order to be source material after the United States nuclear regulatory commission or any successor has determined the material to be source material. See Arizona Laws 30-651

• Sources of radiation: means radioactive materials, radiation machines and electronic products. See Arizona Laws 30-651
• State: means this state. See Arizona Laws 30-101
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Temporary restraining order: Prohibits a person from an action that is likely to cause irreparable harm. This differs from an injunction in that it may be granted immediately, without notice to the opposing party, and without a hearing. It is intended to last only until a hearing can be held.
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• works: means each and every facility necessary or convenient for producing, storing, generating, firming or transmitting power, and all rights-of-way, lands or interests in land, the use or occupancy of which are necessary or appropriate in the maintenance and operation of all such facilities. See Arizona Laws 30-101
• Writing: includes printing. See Arizona Laws 1-215