Terms Used In Alaska Statutes > Title 6 > Chapter 60 > Article 9 - Duties and Powers of the Department

• action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• department: means the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development. See Alaska Statutes 06.60.990
• licensee: means a person who holds a license issued under this chapter. See Alaska Statutes 06.60.990
• Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
• person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
• Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
• registry: means the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry. See Alaska Statutes 06.60.990
• Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
• state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060