Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 1 > Chapter 2 > Article 4 - Sovereign Authority

• Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Council: means the citrus, fruit and vegetable advisory council. See Arizona Laws 3-527
• Department: means the Arizona department of agriculture. See Arizona Laws 3-101
• Director: means the director of the Arizona department of agriculture. See Arizona Laws 3-527
• 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.
• Food product: includes :

  (a) Every product of the soil in its natural or manufactured state. See Arizona Laws 3-561

• including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• 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}
• Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Producer: includes owners, proprietors or tenants of agricultural lands, orchards, farms and gardens where food products are grown, raised or prepared for market. See Arizona Laws 3-561
• 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.
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215