Nevada Revised Statutes 381.195 – Definitions
As used in NRS 381.195 to 381.227, inclusive:
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 381.195
- Director: means the Director of the Department. See Nevada Revised Statutes 381.001
- Indian tribe: has the meaning ascribed to it in Nevada Revised Statutes 381.001
- Museum director: means the executive director of an institution of the Division appointed by the Administrator pursuant to Nevada Revised Statutes 381.001
- Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
1. ’Historic’ means from the middle of the 18th century until 50 years before the current year.
2. ’Historic site’ means a site, landmark or monument of historical significance pertaining to the history of the settlement of Nevada, or Indian campgrounds, shelters, petroglyphs, pictographs and burials.
3. ’Museum Director‘ means the Museum Director of the Nevada State Museum.
4. ’Prehistoric’ means before the middle of the 18th century.
5. ’Prehistoric site’ means any archeological or paleontological site, ruin, deposit, fossilized footprints and other impressions, petroglyphs and pictographs, habitation caves, rock shelters, natural caves, burial ground or sites of religious or cultural importance to an Indian tribe.