Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 33 > Chapter 18 - Homeowners' Association Dwelling Actions

• Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
• Community documents: means condominium documents as defined in section 33-1202 or community documents as defined in section 33-1802, including covenants, conditions and restrictions and deed restrictions applicable to the dwelling. See Arizona Laws 33-2001
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• Dwelling: means a newly constructed single family or multifamily unit designed for residential use and property and improvements that are either owned by a homeowners' association or jointly by all of the members of a homeowners' association. See Arizona Laws 33-2001
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• Good faith: means honesty in fact in the conduct or transaction concerned. See Arizona Laws 33-2001
• Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Seller: means any of the following:

  (a) Any person, firm, partnership, corporation, association or other organization that is engaged in the business of building or selling dwellings. See Arizona Laws 33-2001

• Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
• Statute of limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights.