Terms Used In Alaska Statutes > Title 12 > Chapter 50 > Article 2 - Witness Immunity

• action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• 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.
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
• member: means an administrative director of the Alaska Court System who is eligible to participate in the system, a justice, or a judge. See Alaska Statutes 22.25.900
• Recess: A temporary interruption of the legislative business.
• 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
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Testify: Answer questions in court.
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.