Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 48 > Chapter 20 > Article 1 - General Provisions

• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
• Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
• 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.
• owner: means the person who appears upon the records of the office of the county recorder as the holder of legal title in fee simple to land within the district. See Arizona Laws 48-3401
• Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215