Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 37 > Chapter 5 > Article 2 - Rights-of-Way Across Public Lands

• Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Department: means the state land department. See Arizona Laws 37-101
• including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• 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.
• 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.
• Process: means a citation, writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Property: includes both real and personal property. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Public lands: means all lands within the exterior boundaries of this state except lands:

  (a) To which title is held by any natural person, corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, society or any other entity. See Arizona Laws 37-901

• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215