Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 23 > Chapter 2 > Article 11 - Safety Conditions for Boilers, Pressure Vessels and Lined Hot Water Heaters

• Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• Authorized representative: means the boiler chief and boiler inspector employed by the division. See Arizona Laws 23-471
• Boiler: means a closed vessel in which water or other liquid is heated, steam or vapor is generated or steam or vapor is superheated, or any combination thereof, under pressure or vacuum for a use that is external to itself, by the direct application of heat from the combustion of fuels or from electricity. See Arizona Laws 23-471
• Certificate: means a certificate of competency. See Arizona Laws 23-471
• Certificate inspection: means an internal inspection, when construction permits, otherwise it means as complete an inspection as possible. See Arizona Laws 23-471
• Commission: means the industrial commission of Arizona. See Arizona Laws 23-471
• Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Director: means the director of the division of occupational safety and health. See Arizona Laws 23-471
• Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. ^Source:
• Division: means the division of occupational safety and health of the commission. See Arizona Laws 23-471
• 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
• Interested party: means the commission, agents of the commission and any owner or operator who has been issued a notice of violation. See Arizona Laws 23-471
• Lined hot water heater: means a fired lined water heater with linings providing corrosion resistance for supplying potable hot water for commercial purposes. See Arizona Laws 23-471
• operator: means any individual or type of organization, including this state and all political subdivisions of this state, that has title to or controls, or has the duty to control, the operation of one or more boilers, pressure vessels or lined hot water heaters. See Arizona Laws 23-471
• Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Power boiler: means a boiler in which steam or other vapor is generated at a pressure more than fifteen pounds per square inch. See Arizona Laws 23-471
• Pressure vessel: means a container for the containment of pressure, either internal or external. See Arizona Laws 23-471
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• Writing: includes printing. See Arizona Laws 1-215