1 Oath of officer
2 Tenure of office
3 Date terms of office begin
4 Vacancies in offices of district attorney or county commissioner
5 Interim appointments
6 Date of general elections
7 Canvass of returns for officers elected by more than one county
8 First national election
9 State officers limited to salaries
10 Child labor
11 Women as public officers
12 Publication of laws in English and Spanish
13 Sacramental wines
14 Public officers barred from using railroad passes
15 Penitentiary to be reformatory and industrial school; labor by inmates
16 Railroad’s liability to employees
18 Leasing of convict labor prohibited
19 Eight-hour day in public employment
20 Waiver of indictment; proceedings on information
21 Pollution control
22 Public employees and educational retirement systems trust funds; expenditures and encumbrances prohibited; administration; vesting of property rights
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Terms Used In New Mexico Constitution > Article XX - Miscellaneous

  • Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • 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.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
  • Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies.
  • 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.
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.