Nevada Revised Statutes 405.201 – Definitions
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As used in NRS 405.201 to 405.204, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires:
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 405.201
- 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.
1. ’Accessory road’ means any way established over public lands between 1866 and 1976 pursuant to section 8 of chapter 262, 14 Stat. 253 (1866), former 43 U.S.C. § 932, as to which general public use or enjoyment before 1976 is not established, but which provides access to privately owned land.
2. ’Public road’ has the meaning ascribed to it in subsection 2 of NRS 405.191.
3. ’Public utility’ means any public utility, as that term is defined in NRS 704.020, that is subject to the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada.