Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes > Chapter 1 > Court Administrator

• Adult: means a person who has attained the age of 18 years. See Nevada Revised Statutes 167.020
• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
• Arraignment: A proceeding in which an individual who is accused of committing a crime is brought into court, told of the charges, and asked to plead guilty or not guilty.
• Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
• Attorney-in-fact: A person who, acting as an agent, is given written authorization by another person to transact business for him (her) out of court.
• Broker: means a person lawfully engaged in the business of effecting transactions in securities or commodities for his or her own account or for the account of others. See Nevada Revised Statutes 167.020
• Conservator: means a person appointed or qualified by a court to act as general, limited or temporary guardian of a minor"s property or any other person legally authorized to perform substantially the same functions. See Nevada Revised Statutes 167.020
• controlled substance: means a drug, immediate precursor or other substance which is listed in schedule I, II, III, IV or V for control by the State Board of Pharmacy pursuant to Nevada Revised Statutes 0.031
• Court: means the district court. See Nevada Revised Statutes 167.020
• Custodial property: means :

  (a) Any interest in property transferred to a custodian in a manner prescribed in this chapter; and

  (b) The income from and the proceeds of that interest in property. See Nevada Revised Statutes 167.020

• Custodian: means a person so designated in a manner prescribed in this chapter. See Nevada Revised Statutes 167.020
• Decedent: A deceased person.
• Department of Veterans Affairs: means the Department of Veterans Affairs, its predecessors or successors. See Nevada Revised Statutes 160.020
• Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
• Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
• Financial institution: means a bank, trust company, savings institution or credit union chartered and supervised under federal law or the laws of a state. See Nevada Revised Statutes 167.020
• Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
• Guardian: means any person acting as a fiduciary for a ward. See Nevada Revised Statutes 160.020
• Legal representative: means a personal representative or conservator. See Nevada Revised Statutes 167.020
• Minor: means a person who has not attained the age of 18 years. See Nevada Revised Statutes 167.020
• 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: means any natural person, corporation, organization or other legal entity. See Nevada Revised Statutes 167.020
• Personal representative: means an executor, administrator, successor personal representative or special administrator of a decedent"s estate or any other person legally authorized to perform substantially the same functions. See Nevada Revised Statutes 167.020
• Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. ^{Source: OCC}
• Preliminary hearing: A hearing where the judge decides whether there is enough evidence to make the defendant have a trial.
• Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
• Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
• Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
• prosecuting agency: means :

  1. See Nevada Revised Statutes 34.005

• State: means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or any territory or possession subject to the legislative authority of the United States. See Nevada Revised Statutes 167.020
• Temporary restraining order: Prohibits a person from an action that is likely to cause irreparable harm. This differs from an injunction in that it may be granted immediately, without notice to the opposing party, and without a hearing. It is intended to last only until a hearing can be held.
• Testator: A male person who leaves a will at death.
• Transfer: means a transaction which creates custodial property in a manner prescribed in this chapter. See Nevada Revised Statutes 167.020
• Transferor: means a person who makes a transfer in a manner prescribed in this chapter. See Nevada Revised Statutes 167.020
• Trust company: means a financial institution, corporation or other legal entity authorized to exercise general trust powers. See Nevada Revised Statutes 167.020
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
• Ward: means a beneficiary of the Department of Veterans Affairs. See Nevada Revised Statutes 160.020
• Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.