Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 26 > Chapter 9 > Article 6 - Pretrial Procedure

• Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
• Code: means the Arizona code of military justice as set forth in this chapter. See Arizona Laws 26-1001
• Commanding officer: means only commissioned officers. See Arizona Laws 26-1001
• Confinement: means the physical restraint of a person. See Arizona Laws 26-1001
• 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.
• Judge advocate: means an officer of the judge advocate general's corps of the United States army or the army national guard of the United States or an officer of the United States air force or the air national guard of the United States who is designated as a judge advocate. See Arizona Laws 26-1001
• 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.
• Military: means any or all of the armed forces of this state, the United States or any other state. See Arizona Laws 26-1001
• National guard: means the national guard of Arizona and the state guard when organized. See Arizona Laws 26-1001
• Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
• Writing: includes printing. See Arizona Laws 1-215