Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 12 > Chapter 18 > Article 1 - General Provisions

• Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Immigration or naturalization matter: includes all matters implicating any law, action, filing or proceeding related to a person's immigration or citizenship status in the United States. See Arizona Laws 12-2701
• including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Original document: means any document of the United States government or any department or agency of the United States government, any foreign government, any state government or any political subdivision of any state, any United Nations document or any other document, including signed affidavits, that would demonstrate physical presence by a person in the United States. See Arizona Laws 12-2701
• Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Unauthorized practice of immigration and nationality law: means :

  (a) The act of any person appearing in any case, either in person or through preparation or filing of any brief or other document, paper, application or petition on behalf of another person or client before or with the immigration and naturalization service, or any officer of the immigration and naturalization service, the executive office for immigration review or the board of immigration appeals, without authorization under this chapter. See Arizona Laws 12-2701

• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Writing: includes printing. See Arizona Laws 1-215