Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 20 > Chapter 2 > Article 16 - Corporate Governance

• Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• CGAD: means a confidential report that is filed by the insurer or insurance group and that is made in accordance with the requirements of this article. See Arizona Laws 20-492
• department: means the department of insurance and financial institutions. See Arizona Laws 20-101
• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• 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.
• including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Insurance group: means those insurers and affiliates included within an insurance holding company system as defined in section 20-481. See Arizona Laws 20-492
• 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.
• Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Process: means a citation, writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Writing: includes printing. See Arizona Laws 1-215