Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 36 > Chapter 1 > Article 7 - Suicide Mortality

• Agency: includes one or more of the governmental units consolidated into the department of health services by this chapter. See Arizona Laws 36-101
• Department: means the department of health services. See Arizona Laws 36-101
• Director: means the director of the department of health services. See Arizona Laws 36-101
• 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.
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Population: means the population according to the most recent United States decennial census. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.