Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 20-321

  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201

The chief justice of the supreme court and each judicial department justice shall adopt such rules and regulations as they may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this article, and shall assign such duties and shall appoint such assistants to the judicial administrator as they deem necessary, to promptly and efficiently carry out the intent of just, speedy, and inexpensive litigation for the litigants of the state.