Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes > Chapter 118 - Discrimination in Housing; Landlord and Tenant

• Authorized representative: means a person designated by the governing body to be responsible for the development, award and proper administration of all purchases and contracts for a local government or a department, division, agency, board or unit of a local government made pursuant to this chapter. See Nevada Revised Statutes 332.025
• Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
• Board: means the State Historical Records Advisory Board. See Nevada Revised Statutes 378A.020
• Carrier: means a person that issues a bill of lading. See Nevada Revised Statutes 104.7102
• Charter school: means a public school that is formed pursuant to the provisions of chapter 388A of NRS. See Nevada Revised Statutes 385.007
• Chief administrative officer: means the person directly responsible to the governing body for the administration of that particular entity. See Nevada Revised Statutes 332.025
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Consignor: means a person named in a bill of lading as the person from whom the goods have been received for shipment. See Nevada Revised Statutes 104.7102
• Council: means the State Council on Libraries and Literacy. See Nevada Revised Statutes 380A.021
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• Evaluator: means an authorized representative, officer, employee, representative, agent, consultant or member of a governing body who has participated in:

  (a) The evaluation of responses;

  (b) Negotiations concerning purchasing by a local government; or

  (c) The review or approval of the award, modification or extension of a contract. See Nevada Revised Statutes 332.025

• Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
• Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• Goods: means all things that are treated as movable for the purposes of a contract for storage or transportation. See Nevada Revised Statutes 104.7102
• Governing body: means the board, council, commission or other body in which the general legislative and fiscal powers of the local government are vested. See Nevada Revised Statutes 332.025
• Homeschooled child: means a child who receives instruction at home and who is exempt from compulsory enrollment and attendance pursuant to Nevada Revised Statutes 385.007
• Issuer: means a bailee that issues a document of title or, in the case of an unaccepted delivery order, the person that orders the possessor of goods to deliver. See Nevada Revised Statutes 104.7102
• 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}
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• local government: means :

  (a) Every political subdivision or other entity which has the right to levy or receive money from ad valorem taxes or other taxes or from any mandatory assessments, including counties, cities, towns, school districts and other districts organized pursuant to chapters 244, 318, 318A, 379, 450, 474, 539, 541, 543 and 555 of NRS. See Nevada Revised Statutes 332.015

• On-line solicitation: means a process by which a responding offeror submits a response to a solicitation on a secure website on the Internet or its successor, if any, which is established and maintained for that purpose. See Nevada Revised Statutes 332.025
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• population: means the number of people in a specified area as determined by the last preceding national decennial census conducted by the Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of Commerce pursuant to Section 2 of Nevada Revised Statutes 0.050
• Proprietary information: means :

  (a) Any trade secret or confidential business information that is contained in a response submitted to a governing body or its authorized representative on a particular contract; or

  (b) Any other trade secret or confidential business information submitted to a governing body or its authorized representative by a responding offeror and designated as proprietary by the governing body or its authorized representative. See Nevada Revised Statutes 332.025

• Public schools: means all kindergartens and elementary schools, junior high schools and middle schools, high schools, charter schools and any other schools, classes and educational programs which receive their support through public taxation and, except for charter schools, whose textbooks and courses of study are under the control of the State Board. See Nevada Revised Statutes 385.007
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• 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.
• Responding offeror: means a person who responds to a solicitation made by a governing body or its authorized representative. See Nevada Revised Statutes 332.025
• Solicitation: means a written statement which sets forth the requirements and specifications of a contract to be awarded by:

  (a) An invitation to bid;

  (b) A request for proposals;

  (c) A request for a statement of qualifications;

  (d) A request for a quotation; or

  (e) Any other accepted method of purchasing that complies with the provisions of this chapter. See Nevada Revised Statutes 332.025

• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.