Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 36 > Chapter 30 > Article 1 - General Provisions

• Administration: means the community services administration in the department of economic security. See Arizona Laws 36-3001
• Adult: means a person who has attained eighteen years of age. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• Domestic violence: means attempting to cause or causing bodily injury to a family or household member or placing a family or household member by threat of force in fear of imminent physical harm. See Arizona Laws 36-3001
• Domestic violence service provider: means a facility whose primary purpose is to provide services to family or household members who are victims of domestic violence, including:

  (a) Shelter for victims of domestic violence. See Arizona Laws 36-3001

• 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.
• Family or household member: means a spouse, a former spouse, a parent, a child or another adult person related by consanguinity or affinity who is residing or has resided or has a child or children in common with the person committing the domestic violence and dependents of such persons. See Arizona Laws 36-3001
• Fund: means the domestic violence services fund. See Arizona Laws 36-3001
• including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• 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: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Population: means the population according to the most recent United States decennial census. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Program administrator: means the program administrator of the community services administration in the department of economic security. See Arizona Laws 36-3001
• shelter: means a facility providing temporary residential service or facilities to family or household members who are victims of domestic violence. See Arizona Laws 36-3001
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.