§ 13-1-21 Application of preferences
§ 13-1-22 Resident business and resident contractor certification; Native American resident business and Native American resident contractor certificates; resident veteran business and resident veteran contractor certificates
§ 13-1-28 Short title
§ 13-1-29 Rules of construction; purposes
§ 13-1-30 Application of the code
§ 13-1-30.1 Standardized classification codes; applicability
§ 13-1-31 Definition; architectural services
§ 13-1-32 Definition; blind trust
§ 13-1-33 Definition; brand-name specification
§ 13-1-34 Definition; brand-name or equal specification
§ 13-1-35 Definition; business
§ 13-1-36 Definition; catalogue price
§ 13-1-37 Definition; central purchasing office
§ 13-1-38 Definition; change order
§ 13-1-38.1 Definition; chief procurement officer
§ 13-1-39 Definition; confidential information
§ 13-1-40 Definition; construction
§ 13-1-40.1 Definition; construction management and construction manager
§ 13-1-41 Definition; contract
§ 13-1-42 Definition; contract modification
§ 13-1-43 Definition; contractor
§ 13-1-44 Definition; cooperative procurement
§ 13-1-45 Definition; cost analysis
§ 13-1-46 Definition; cost data
§ 13-1-47 Definition; cost reimbursement contract
§ 13-1-49 Definition; data
§ 13-1-50 Definition; definite quantity contract
§ 13-1-51 Definition; designee
§ 13-1-52 Definition; determination
§ 13-1-53 Definition; direct or indirect participation
§ 13-1-53.1 Definition; electronic
§ 13-1-54 Definition; employee
§ 13-1-55 Definition; engineering services
§ 13-1-56 Definition; external procurement unit
§ 13-1-57 Definition; financial interest
§ 13-1-58 Definition; firm fixed price contract
§ 13-1-59 Definition; gratuity
§ 13-1-60 Definition; heavy road equipment
§ 13-1-61 Definition; highway reconstruction
§ 13-1-62 Definition; immediate family
§ 13-1-63 Definition; indefinite quantity contract
§ 13-1-63.1 Definition; instructional materials
§ 13-1-64 Definition; invitation for bids
§ 13-1-65 Definition; surveying services
§ 13-1-66 Definition; landscape architectural services
§ 13-1-66.1 Definition; local public works project
§ 13-1-67 Definition; local public body
§ 13-1-68 Definition; multi-term contract
§ 13-1-69 Definition; multiple source award
§ 13-1-70 Definition; notice of invitation for bids
§ 13-1-70.1 Definition; person
§ 13-1-71 Definition; price agreement
§ 13-1-72 Definition; price analysis
§ 13-1-73 Definition; pricing data
§ 13-1-74 Definition; procurement
§ 13-1-75 Definition; procurement officer
§ 13-1-76 Definition; professional services
§ 13-1-77 Definition; purchase order
§ 13-1-78 Definition; purchase request
§ 13-1-79 Definition; qualified products list
§ 13-1-80 Definition; regulation
§ 13-1-81 Definition; request for proposals
§ 13-1-82 Definition; responsible bidder
§ 13-1-83 Definition; responsible offeror
§ 13-1-84 Definition; responsive bid
§ 13-1-85 Definition; responsive offer
§ 13-1-86 Definition; secretary
§ 13-1-86.1 Duty to promulgate rules
§ 13-1-87 Definition; services
§ 13-1-88 Definition; small business
§ 13-1-89 Definition; specification
§ 13-1-90 Definition; state agency
§ 13-1-91 Definition; state public works project
§ 13-1-92 Definition; state purchasing agent
§ 13-1-93 Definition; tangible personal property
§ 13-1-94 Definition; using agency
§ 13-1-95 Purchasing division; creation; director is state purchasing agent; appointment; duties
§ 13-1-95.1 Electronic transmissions
§ 13-1-95.2 Chief procurement officers; reporting requirement;
§ 13-1-95.3 State agency; reporting required; in-state and out-of- state contracts
§ 13-1-96 Delegation of authority by the state purchasing agent
§ 13-1-97 Centralization of procurement authority
§ 13-1-97.2 Competitive sealed bids and proposals; record maintenance
§ 13-1-98 Exemptions from the Procurement Code
§ 13-1-98.1 Hospital and health care exemption
§ 13-1-98.2 Additional exemptions from the Procurement Code
§ 13-1-99 Excluded from central purchasing through the state purchasing agent
§ 13-1-100 Construction contracts; central purchasing office
§ 13-1-100.1 Construction contracts; construction management services
§ 13-1-102 Competitive sealed bids required
§ 13-1-103 Invitation for bids
§ 13-1-104 Competitive sealed bids; public notice
§ 13-1-105 Competitive sealed bids; receipt and acceptance of bids
§ 13-1-106 Competitive sealed bids; correction or withdrawal of bids
§ 13-1-107 Competitive sealed bids; bid opening
§ 13-1-108 Competitive sealed bids; award
§ 13-1-109 Competitive sealed bids; multi-step sealed bidding
§ 13-1-110 Competitive sealed bids; identical bids
§ 13-1-111 Competitive sealed proposals; conditions for use
§ 13-1-112 Competitive sealed proposals; request for proposals
§ 13-1-113 Competitive sealed proposals; public notice
§ 13-1-114 Competitive sealed proposals; evaluation factors
§ 13-1-115 Competitive sealed proposals; negotiations
§ 13-1-116 Competitive sealed proposals; disclosure; record
§ 13-1-117 Competitive sealed proposals; award
§ 13-1-117.1 Procurement of professional services; local public bodies; legislative branch; selection and award
§ 13-1-117.2 Procurement of professional services; local public bodies; professional technical advisory assistance
§ 13-1-117.3 Contracts for the design and installation of measures for the conservation of natural resources
§ 13-1-118 Competitive sealed proposals; professional services contracts; contract review
§ 13-1-119 Competitive sealed qualifications-based proposals; architects; engineers; landscape architects; surveyors; additional requirements
§ 13-1-119.1 Public works project delivery system; design and build projects authorized
§ 13-1-119.2 Design and build procurement for certain transportation projects
§ 13-1-120 Competitive sealed qualifications-based proposals; architects; engineers; landscape architects; surveyors; selection process
§ 13-1-121 Competitive sealed qualifications-based proposals; architects; engineers; landscape architects; surveyors; selection committee; state public works projects
§ 13-1-122 Competitive sealed qualifications-based proposals; award of architect, engineering, landscape architect and surveying contracts
§ 13-1-122.1 Short title
§ 13-1-122.2 Definitions
§ 13-1-122.3 Construction manager general contractor delivery method authorized
§ 13-1-122.4 Construction manager general contractor; multi-phased procedure
§ 13-1-123 Architectural, engineering, landscape architectural and surveying contracts
§ 13-1-124 Architect rate schedule
§ 13-1-124.1 Short title
§ 13-1-124.2 Applicability
§ 13-1-124.3 Definitions
§ 13-1-124.4 Construction manager at risk delivery method authorized; multiphase selection procedure
§ 13-1-124.5 Responsibilities of construction manager at risk following award of project
§ 13-1-125 Small purchases
§ 13-1-126 Sole source procurement
§ 13-1-126.1 Sole source contracts; notice; protest
§ 13-1-127 Emergency procurement; required conditions; limitations;
§ 13-1-128 Sole source and emergency procurements; publication of award to agency web site and sunshine portal; content and submission of record
§ 13-1-129 Procurement under existing contracts
§ 13-1-130 Purchases; antipoverty program business
§ 13-1-131 Rejection or cancellation of bids or requests for proposals; negotiations
§ 13-1-132 Irregularities in bids or proposals
§ 13-1-133 Responsibility of bidders and offerors
§ 13-1-134 Prequalification of bidders
§ 13-1-135 Cooperative procurement authorized
§ 13-1-135.1 Recycled content goods; cooperative procurement
§ 13-1-136 Cooperative procurement; reports required
§ 13-1-137 Sale, acquisition or use of property by a state agency or a local public body
§ 13-1-138 Cost or pricing data required
§ 13-1-138.1 Specification of certain components; separate pricing required
§ 13-1-138.2 School construction projects; separate pricing required in certain circumstances
§ 13-1-139 Cost or pricing data not required
§ 13-1-140 Cost or pricing data; change orders or contract modifications
§ 13-1-141 Cost or pricing data; change orders; contract modifications; exceptions
§ 13-1-142 Cost or pricing data; certification required
§ 13-1-143 Cost or pricing data; price adjustment provision required
§ 13-1-144 Cost or price analysis
§ 13-1-145 Cost principles; regulations
§ 13-1-146 Requirement for bid security
§ 13-1-146.1 Directed suretyship prohibited; penalty
§ 13-1-147 Bid security; rejection of bids
§ 13-1-148 Bid and performance bonds; additional requirements
§ 13-1-148.1 Bonding of subcontractors
§ 13-1-149 Types of contracts
§ 13-1-150 Multi-term contracts; specified period
§ 13-1-151 Multi-term contracts; determination prior to use
§ 13-1-152 Multi-term contracts; cancellation due to unavailability of funds
§ 13-1-152.1 Water storage tank service contracts
§ 13-1-153 Multiple source award; limitations on use
§ 13-1-154 Multiple source award; determination required
§ 13-1-154.1 Multiple source contracts; architectural and engineering services contracts; indefinite quantity construction contracts
§ 13-1-155 Procurement of used items; appraisal required; county road equipment exception for auctions
§ 13-1-156 Trade or exchange of used items; appraisal required
§ 13-1-156.1 Trade, exchange or disposal of tangible personal property; state-owned railroad
§ 13-1-157 Receipt; inspection; acceptance or rejection of deliveries
§ 13-1-158 Payments for purchases
§ 13-1-159 Right to inspect plant
§ 13-1-160 Audit of cost or pricing data
§ 13-1-161 Contract audit
§ 13-1-162 State procurement standards and specifications committee; terms; staff
§ 13-1-163 Committee powers and duties; special committees;
§ 13-1-164 Specifications; maximum practicable competition
§ 13-1-165 Brand-name specification; use
§ 13-1-166 Brand-name specification; competition
§ 13-1-167 Brand-name or equal specification; required characteristics
§ 13-1-168 Brand-name or equal specification; required language
§ 13-1-169 Purchase request; specifications; purchase orders
§ 13-1-170 Uniform contract clauses
§ 13-1-171 Price adjustments
§ 13-1-172 Right to protest
§ 13-1-173 Procurements after protest
§ 13-1-174 Authority to resolve protests
§ 13-1-175 Protest; determination
§ 13-1-176 Protest; notice of determination
§ 13-1-177 Authority to suspend or debar
§ 13-1-178 Causes for debarment or suspension; time limit
§ 13-1-179 Debarment or suspension; determination
§ 13-1-180 Debarment or suspension; notice of determination
§ 13-1-180.1 Continuation of current contracts; restrictions on subcontracting
§ 13-1-181 Remedies prior to execution of contract
§ 13-1-182 Ratification or termination after execution of contract
§ 13-1-183 Judicial review
§ 13-1-184 Assistance to small business; policy
§ 13-1-185 Assistance to small business; duties of the state purchasing agent
§ 13-1-186 Assistance to small business; bid bonds; reduction
§ 13-1-187 Small business; report to the legislature
§ 13-1-188 Public acquisition of American-made motor vehicles required
§ 13-1-189 Procurements pursuant to the Corrections Industries Act
§ 13-1-190 Unlawful employee participation prohibited
§ 13-1-191 Bribes; gratuities and kickbacks; contract reference required
§ 13-1-191.1 Campaign contribution disclosure and prohibition
§ 13-1-192 Contingent fees prohibited
§ 13-1-193 Contemporaneous employment prohibited
§ 13-1-194 Waivers from contemporaneous employment and unlawful employee participation permitted
§ 13-1-195 Use of confidential information prohibited
§ 13-1-196 Civil penalty
§ 13-1-196.1 State ethics commission jurisdiction
§ 13-1-197 Recovery of value transferred or received; additional civil penalty
§ 13-1-198 Kickbacks; additional civil penalty
§ 13-1-199 Penalties

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Terms Used In New Mexico Statutes > Chapter 13 > Article 1 - Procurement

  • Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
  • Allegation: something that someone says happened.
  • 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.
  • Amortization: Paying off a loan by regular installments.
  • 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.
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • 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.
  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • applicant: means any person, firm, association, partnership, corporation or other legal entity, applying for a certificate of authority or renewal thereof under this article. See New Mexico Statutes 59A-50-2
  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Attorney-at-law: A person who is legally qualified and licensed to practice law, and to represent and act for clients in legal proceedings.
  • 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.
  • Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
  • Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
  • Baseline: Projection of the receipts, outlays, and other budget amounts that would ensue in the future without any change in existing policy. Baseline projections are used to gauge the extent to which proposed legislation, if enacted into law, would alter current spending and revenue levels.
  • 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
  • Bequest: Property gifted by will.
  • Case law: The law as laid down in cases that have been decided in the decisions of the courts.
  • Chambers: A judge's office.
  • Charity: An agency, institution, or organization in existence and operating for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons and conducted for educational, religious, scientific, medical, or other beneficent purposes.
  • Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
  • 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.
  • Credit report: A detailed report of an individual's credit history prepared by a credit bureau and used by a lender in determining a loan applicant's creditworthiness. Source: OCC
  • 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.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Defense attorney: Represent defendants in criminal matters.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • depositor: means any person to whom money has been paid by or on behalf of a purchaser of a funeral plan and who is obligated under this article to place it in trust. See New Mexico Statutes 59A-49-4
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • discount service: means obtaining merchandise for members or subscribers at a discount. See New Mexico Statutes 59A-50-2
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
  • Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
  • Donor: The person who makes a gift.
  • Electronic funds transfer: The transfer of money between accounts by consumer electronic systems-such as automated teller machines (ATMs) and electronic payment of bills-rather than by check or cash. (Wire transfers, checks, drafts, and paper instruments do not fall into this category.) Source: OCC
  • Embezzlement: In most states, embezzlement is defined as theft/larceny of assets (money or property) by a person in a position of trust or responsibility over those assets. Embezzlement typically occurs in the employment and corporate settings. Source: OCC
  • emergency road service: means the adjustment, repair or replacement of the equipment, tires or mechanical parts of a motor vehicle so that such motor vehicle may be operated under its own power. See New Mexico Statutes 59A-50-2
  • Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • equity security: when used in this article means any stock or similar security. See New Mexico Statutes 59A-36-1
  • Escheat: Reversion of real or personal property to the state when 1) a person dies without leaving a will and has no heirs, or 2) when the property (such as a bank account) has been inactive for a certain period of time. Source: OCC
  • Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
  • Executive session: A portion of the Senate's daily session in which it considers executive business.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
  • Federal Reserve System: The central bank of the United States. The Fed, as it is commonly called, regulates the U.S. monetary and financial system. The Federal Reserve System is composed of a central governmental agency in Washington, D.C. (the Board of Governors) and twelve regional Federal Reserve Banks in major cities throughout the United States. Source: OCC
  • Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • financial service: means the arranging for loans or other advances of money to members or subscribers in connection with providing any other motor club service. See New Mexico Statutes 59A-50-2
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • 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
  • Forgery: The fraudulent signing or alteration of another's name to an instrument such as a deed, mortgage, or check. The intent of the forgery is to deceive or defraud. Source: OCC
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • funeral plan: means any contract, agreement, certificate, share, membership, right or interest or other form of instrument which is sold, providing for the future delivery of one or any combination of the following:

    (1) . See New Mexico Statutes 59A-49-4

  • future delivery: means delivery which is or may be contingent upon the death of any person for whose benefit, or for the disposition of the remains of whom, the funeral plan was obtained. See New Mexico Statutes 59A-49-4
  • Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
  • Germane: On the subject of the pending bill or other business; a strict standard of relevance.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Grace period: The number of days you'll have to pay your bill for purchases in full without triggering a finance charge. Source: Federal Reserve
  • Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
  • Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
  • Guarantor: A party who agrees to be responsible for the payment of another party's debts should that party default. Source: OCC
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. Source: FDIC
  • 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.
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • insurance contract: means any contract of insurance, indemnity, medical or hospital services, suretyship or annuity issued, proposed for issuance or intended for issuance by any person. See New Mexico Statutes 59A-45-2
  • insurance premium finance agreement: means an agreement by which an insured or a prospective insured promises to pay to any person engaged in the business of premium financing, the amount advanced or to be advanced under the agreement to an insurer or to an insurance agent or broker in payment of premiums on an insurance contract. See New Mexico Statutes 59A-45-2
  • insured: as used in this article shall not be construed as preventing a person other than the insured with a proper insurable interest from making application for and owning a policy covering the insured or from being entitled under such a policy to any indemnities, benefits and rights provided therein. See New Mexico Statutes 59A-22-27
  • Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. Source: OCC
  • Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
  • Joint resolution: A legislative measure which requires the approval of both chambers.
  • 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.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Legacy: A gift of property made by will.
  • legal fee reimbursement service: means the payment for or reimbursing of members or subscribers for fees charged by an attorney for his advice or services rendered to them in defense of a traffic offense. See New Mexico Statutes 59A-50-2
  • Legal tender: coins, dollar bills, or other currency issued by a government as official money. Source: U.S. Mint
  • Legislative session: That part of a chamber's daily session in which it considers legislative business (bills, resolutions, and actions related thereto).
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • licensee: means a motor club to which a certificate of authority has been issued under this article. See New Mexico Statutes 59A-50-2
  • 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.
  • member: means an individual who is enrolled in a group prepaid dental plan as a principal subscriber together with such person's dependents who are entitled to dental care services under the plan solely because of their status as dependents of the principal subscriber. See New Mexico Statutes 59A-48-2
  • membership coverage: means any certificate or contract issued to a member setting out the dental coverage to which such member is entitled. See New Mexico Statutes 59A-48-2
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Mortgage loan: A loan made by a lender to a borrower for the financing of real property. Source: OCC
  • Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
  • Mortgagor: The person who pledges property to a creditor as collateral for a loan and who receives the money.
  • motor club: means a person engaged, directly or indirectly either as principal or agent, in selling or offering for sale, furnishing or procuring motor club service to members or subscribers. See New Mexico Statutes 59A-50-2
  • motor club representative: means any salesman or other individual who, for compensation, solicits or sells memberships, subscriptions or franchises on behalf of any motor club. See New Mexico Statutes 59A-50-2
  • motor club service: means the rendering, furnishing or procuring of or the payment or reimbursement for, in whole or in part, such services as community traffic safety services, travel and touring service, theft or reward service, map service, towing service, emergency road service, legal fee reimbursement service in the defense of traffic offenses, license and title service, notary service, check cashing service, discount service, financial service and ticket and reservation service, or any one or more thereof, to any person, in connection with the ownership, operation, use or maintenance of a motor vehicle by such person, in consideration of such other person being or becoming a member or subscriber of any motor club, or being or becoming in any manner affiliated therewith, or being or becoming entitled to receive membership or other motor

    club service therefrom by virtue of any agreement or understanding with any such person. See New Mexico Statutes 59A-50-2

  • National Bank: A bank that is subject to the supervision of the Comptroller of the Currency. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is a bureau of the U.S. Treasury Department. A national bank can be recognized because it must have "national" or "national association" in its name. Source: OCC
  • Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • 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 individual, corporation, association, partnership or any other legal entity. See New Mexico Statutes 59A-45-2
  • person: means any individual, estate, trust, receiver, association, cooperative, club, corporation, company, firm, partnership, joint venture or syndicate, and includes an officer or employee of a corporation, a member or employee of a partnership or any individual who, as such, is under a duty to perform any act or to refrain from any act by reason of which a violation occurs. See New Mexico Statutes 59A-49-4
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
  • policy: means any contract of insurance, indemnity, health care, suretyship or annuity between the insurer and the insured, by whatever name such contract is called, and includes all clauses, riders, endorsements and papers which are a part thereof. See New Mexico Statutes 59A-18-2
  • 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
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • prepaid dental plan: means any contractual arrangement whereby any prepaid dental plan organization undertakes to provide directly or to arrange for prepaid dental services and to pay or make reimbursement for any remaining portion of such prepaid dental services on a prepaid basis through insurance or otherwise. See New Mexico Statutes 59A-48-2
  • prepaid dental plan organization: means any person who undertakes to conduct one or more prepaid dental plans providing only dental services. See New Mexico Statutes 59A-48-2
  • prepaid dental services: means services included in the practice of dentistry as defined in the Dental Act [61-5-1 to 61-5-9, 61-5-11 to 61-5-22 N. See New Mexico Statutes 59A-48-2
  • President pro tempore: A constitutionally recognized officer of the Senate who presides over the chamber in the absence of the Vice President. The President Pro Tempore (or, "president for a time") is elected by the Senate and is, by custom, the Senator of the majority party with the longest record of continuous service.
  • 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.
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Public debt: Cumulative amounts borrowed by the Treasury Department or the Federal Financing Bank from the public or from another fund or account. The public debt does not include agency debt (amounts borrowed by other agencies of the Federal Government). The total public debt is subject to a statutory limit.
  • Public defender: Represent defendants who can't afford an attorney in criminal matters.
  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • 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.
  • Rescission: The cancellation of budget authority previously provided by Congress. The Impoundment Control Act of 1974 specifies that the President may propose to Congress that funds be rescinded. If both Houses have not approved a rescission proposal (by passing legislation) within 45 days of continuous session, any funds being withheld must be made available for obligation.
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  • Sentencing guidelines: A set of rules and principles established by the United States Sentencing Commission that trial judges use to determine the sentence for a convicted defendant. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Sequester: To separate. Sometimes juries are sequestered from outside influences during their deliberations.
  • service contract: means an agreement whereby a motor club, for a consideration, promises to render, furnish, procure or reimburse club members or subscribers specified services. See New Mexico Statutes 59A-50-2
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • 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.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • 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.
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
  • towing service: means the furnishing to members or subscribers of means to move a motor vehicle, under power other than its own, from one place to another, by any lawful wrecker service. See New Mexico Statutes 59A-50-2
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Trust account: A general term that covers all types of accounts in a trust department, such as estates, guardianships, and agencies. Source: OCC
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • trustee: means any bank or savings and loan association located in New Mexico whose deposits or accounts are insured by an agency of the United States. See New Mexico Statutes 59A-49-4
  • Uniform Commercial Code: A set of statutes enacted by the various states to provide consistency among the states' commercial laws. It includes negotiable instruments, sales, stock transfers, trust and warehouse receipts, and bills of lading. Source: OCC
  • Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
  • Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.