Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes > Chapter 318A - Parks, Trails and Open Space Districts

• Administrator: means the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator. See Nevada Revised Statutes 378.005
• Bequest: Property gifted by will.
• Clerk: means :

  (a) If a district is created or proposed to be created by a county, the county clerk. See Nevada Revised Statutes 318A.030

• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• 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.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• Department: means the Department of Administration. See Nevada Revised Statutes 378.005
• Devise: To gift property by will.
• Director: means the Director of the Department. See Nevada Revised Statutes 378.005
• Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. ^Source:
• Division: means the Division of State Library, Archives and Public Records of the Department. See Nevada Revised Statutes 378.005
• Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
• Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. ^{Source: OCC}
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• Governing body: means the governing body of a county or city that proposes to create or creates a district pursuant to this chapter. See Nevada Revised Statutes 318A.030
• Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• Interested party: includes , without limitation, a member of the public, an owner of property within a proposed district or a district and each county, city, town and special district with territory proposed to be located or located within the boundaries of a proposed district or district. See Nevada Revised Statutes 318A.030
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
• Mail: means a single mailing first class or its equivalent, postage prepaid, by deposit in the United States mail, at least 15 days before the designated time or event. See Nevada Revised Statutes 318A.030
• Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
• project: includes , without limitation, any structure, undertaking or system which a district is authorized to acquire, improve, equip, maintain or operate. See Nevada Revised Statutes 318A.030
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• 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.
• Special district: means any water district, sanitation district, water and sanitation district, municipal power district, mosquito abatement district, public cemetery district, swimming pool district, television maintenance district, weed control district, general improvement district or any other quasi-municipal corporation organized under the local improvement and service district laws of this State as enumerated in this title. See Nevada Revised Statutes 318A.030
• 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.
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
• Trustee: means a member of a board of trustees. See Nevada Revised Statutes 318A.030