Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 14 > Chapter 4 > Article 3 - Jurisdiction Over Foreign Representatives

• Decedent: A deceased person.
• Foreign personal representative: means a personal representative who is appointed by another jurisdiction. See Arizona Laws 14-1201
• 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.
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Personal property: includes money, goods, chattels, things in action and evidences of debt. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Personal representative: includes an executor, an administrator, a successor personal representative, a special administrator and persons who perform substantially the same function under the law governing their status. See Arizona Laws 14-1201
• Proceeding: includes action at law and suit in equity. See Arizona Laws 14-1201
• Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
• State: means a state, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See Arizona Laws 14-9101