A. Public offices shall not be open, and no court of justice shall be open or any judicial business transacted on a legal holiday, except for the following purposes:

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 1-302

  • Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Magistrate: means an officer having power to issue a warrant for the arrest of a person charged with a public offense and includes the chief justice and justices of the supreme court, judges of the superior court, judges of the court of appeals, justices of the peace and judges of a municipal court. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Process: means a citation, writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.

1. To give upon its request, instructions to a jury deliberating on its verdict.

2. To receive a verdict or discharge a jury.

3. For the exercise of the powers of a magistrate in a criminal action or in a proceeding of a criminal nature.

B. Injunctions, attachments, process for claim and delivery and writs of prohibition may be issued and served on any day.

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