Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes > Chapter 130 > Miscellaneous Provisions

• Airport: means any area of land or water designed and set aside for the landing and taking off of aircraft and utilized in the interest of the public for such purposes. See Nevada Revised Statutes 497.020
• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• Charter school: means a public school that is formed pursuant to the provisions of chapter 388A of NRS. See Nevada Revised Statutes 385.007
• county: includes Carson City. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.033
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Habeas corpus: A writ that is usually used to bring a prisoner before the court to determine the legality of his imprisonment. It may also be used to bring a person in custody before the court to give testimony, or to be prosecuted.
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• 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 a natural person, any form of business or social organization and any other nongovernmental legal entity including, but not limited to, a corporation, partnership, association, trust or unincorporated organization. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.039
• Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
• Political subdivision: means any county, incorporated city, unincorporated town or airport authority created by special legislative act as a quasi-municipal corporation. See Nevada Revised Statutes 497.020
• Public utility: means a person who operates any airline, broadcasting, electric, gas, pipeline, radio, railroad, rural electric, sanitary sewer, slurry, telephone or water business in this State and who conducts such a business for a public use. See Nevada Revised Statutes 497.020
• Structure: means any object constructed or installed by a person, including, but without limitation, buildings, towers, smokestacks and overhead wires and other lines. See Nevada Revised Statutes 497.020
• Tree: means any object of natural growth. See Nevada Revised Statutes 497.020