§ 27-05-00.1 County courts abolished – Election of additional district court judges – Case file transition – Budget and property considerations
§ 27-05-01 Judicial districts – Number of judges
§ 27-05-02 Election and term of office of district judges
§ 27-05-02.1 Vacancy in office of district judge – Transfer of judgeships – Hearing
§ 27-05-03 Salaries and expenses of district judges
§ 27-05-03.1 Retirement for mental or physical disability of supreme court judges and district court judges
§ 27-05-03.2 Judicial retirement salary payable to judge retired for mental or physical disability
§ 27-05-04 Expenses of district judges sitting with supreme court or in other districts – Allowance – Payment
§ 27-05-05 Presiding judge of district – How determined – Term of office
§ 27-05-06 Jurisdiction of district courts
§ 27-05-08 Chambers – Residence
§ 27-05-22 District judges to act only within their districts – Exceptions
§ 27-05-23 Judgments or orders improperly given in matters pending outside judge’s district – Voidable – Vacating
§ 27-05-24 Ex parte applications may be heard and default judgments may be given
§ 27-05-25 How business of district courts assigned judges and regulated – Several cases triable at same time
§ 27-05-26 Change of venue
§ 27-05-28 Orders without notice
§ 27-05-30 Judicial referees
§ 27-05-31 Magistrates – Appointment – Salary – Authority
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Terms Used In North Dakota Code > Chapter 27-05 - District Courts

  • 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.
  • 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
  • Chambers: A judge's office.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Person: means an individual, organization, government, political subdivision, or government agency or instrumentality. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Property: includes property, real and personal. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • 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.
  • Rule: includes regulation. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
  • written: include "typewriting" and "typewritten" and "printing" and "printed" except in the case of signatures and when the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See North Dakota Code 1-01-37