Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes > Chapter 364 - License Taxes

• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. ^{Source: OCC}
• Beneficiary: means the beneficiary of the deed of trust or the successor in interest of the beneficiary or any person designated or authorized to act on behalf of the beneficiary or its successor in interest. See Nevada Revised Statutes 107.015
• county: includes Carson City. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.033
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• 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}
• Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
• Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
• Owner-occupied housing: means housing that is occupied by an owner as the owner"s primary residence. See Nevada Revised Statutes 107.015
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Residential foreclosure: means the sale of a single-family residence under a power of sale granted by Nevada Revised Statutes 107.015
• Title insurer: has the meaning ascribed to it in Nevada Revised Statutes 107.015
• Trustee: means the trustee of record. See Nevada Revised Statutes 107.015