Terms Used In Alaska Statutes > Title 46 > Chapter 15 > Article 4 - General Provisions

• action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
• beneficial use: means a use of water for the benefit of the appropriator, other persons or the public, that is reasonable and consistent with the public interest, including, but not limited to, domestic, agricultural, irrigation, industrial, manufacturing, fish and shellfish processing, navigation and transportation, mining, power, public, sanitary, fish and wildlife, recreational uses, and maintenance of water quality. See Alaska Statutes 46.15.260
• commissioner: means the commissioner of natural resources. See Alaska Statutes 46.15.260
• 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.
• director: means the director of the division of lands, Department of Natural Resources. See Alaska Statutes 46.15.260
• mineral and medicinal water: means
  (A) water of a hot spring or spring with curative properties which has been reserved by the federal government under Public Land Order No. See Alaska Statutes 46.15.260
• 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: includes an individual, partnership, association, public or private corporation, state agency, political subdivision of the state, and the United States. See Alaska Statutes 46.15.260
• property: includes real and personal property. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
• source of water: means a substantial quantity of water capable of being put to beneficial use. See Alaska Statutes 46.15.260
• state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• Subpoena duces tecum: A command to a witness to produce documents.
• water: means all water of the state, surface and subsurface, occurring in a natural state, except mineral and medicinal water. See Alaska Statutes 46.15.260