Terms Used In North Dakota Code > Chapter 54-61 - Commission on Legal Counsel for Indigents

• 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.
• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute means the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
• Individual: means a human being. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• population: means the number of inhabitants as determined by the last preceding state or federal census. See North Dakota Code 1-01-47
• Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
• Public defender: Represent defendants who can't afford an attorney in criminal matters.
• 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
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
• year: means twelve consecutive months. See North Dakota Code 1-01-33