Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 21 > Chapter 3 > Article 3 - Summoning Jurors

• Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
• Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
• including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Juror: A person who is on the jury.
• Jury commissioner: means the clerk of the superior court, except that in any county having a population of more than five hundred thousand persons, the presiding judge of the superior court may appoint a jury commissioner. See Arizona Laws 21-101
• Jury manager: means the person who is responsible for jury management in a justice of the peace court or a municipal court. See Arizona Laws 21-101
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• 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
• Registered mail: includes certified mail. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
• Trial jury: A group of citizens who hear the evidence presented by both sides at trial and determine the facts in dispute. Federal criminal juries consist of 12 persons. Federal civil juries consist of six persons.
• Writing: includes printing. See Arizona Laws 1-215