Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 41 > Chapter 25 > Article 1 - General Provisions

• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Governing board: means the Arizona board of regents for the universities or any community college district governing board. See Arizona Laws 41-2751
• including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Invited guests: means persons who enter onto a campus for an educational, research or public service activity and not primarily to purchase or receive goods and services not related to the educational, research or public service activity for which such persons enter onto the campus. See Arizona Laws 41-2751
• 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.
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Private enterprise: means an individual, firm, partnership, joint venture, corporation, association or any other legal entity engaging in the manufacturing, processing, sale, offering for sale, rental, leasing, delivery, dispensing, distributing or advertising of goods or services for profit. See Arizona Laws 41-2751
• 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 service: means an activity that is normally and generally associated with community colleges and universities in this state, a purpose or significant result of which is not to engage in competition with private enterprise. See Arizona Laws 41-2751
• State agency: means a department, office, commission, institution, board or other agency of state organization regardless of whether monies are appropriated to the agency. See Arizona Laws 41-2751
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.