Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 20 > Chapter 9 > Article 1 - General Provisions

• Authorized agency: means :

  (a) The office of the state fire marshal when authorized or charged with the investigation of a fire. See Arizona Laws 20-1901

• department: means the department of insurance and financial institutions. See Arizona Laws 20-101
• 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.
• including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Insurer: means every person or entity engaged in the business of making contracts of insurance in this state. See Arizona Laws 20-1901
• Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
• Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Relevant: means having any tendency to make the existence of any fact that is of consequence to the investigation or determination of the issue more probable or less probable than it would be without the evidence. See Arizona Laws 20-1901
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Writing: includes printing. See Arizona Laws 1-215