Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 37 > Chapter 2 > Article 4.2 - Trust Lands Suitable for Conservation

• Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Appraisal: A determination of property value.
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. ^{Source: OCC}
• Commissioner: means the state land commissioner. See Arizona Laws 37-101
• Conservation: means protection of the natural assets of state trust lands for the long-term benefit of the land, the trust beneficiaries, lessees, the public and the unique resources that each area contains, such as open space, scenic beauty, protected plants, wildlife, archaeology and multiple use values. See Arizona Laws 37-311
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Department: means the state land department. See Arizona Laws 37-101
• 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.
• Existing lessee: means any of the following:

  (a) The lessee who is entitled to the use of state lands at the time the lands are considered for classification and are classified as trust lands suitable for conservation purposes. See Arizona Laws 37-311

• Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
• Holding lease: means a commercial lease issued solely to grant a limited use leasehold interest in state land in anticipation of future development. See Arizona Laws 37-101
• including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Open space: means land that is generally free of land uses that would jeopardize the conservation and open space values of the land or development that would obstruct the scenic beauty of the land. See Arizona Laws 37-311
• Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Population: means the population according to the most recent United States decennial census. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Process: means a citation, writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Property: includes both real and personal property. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• State lands: means any land owned or held in trust, or otherwise, by the state, including leased school or university land. See Arizona Laws 37-101
• Sublease: means an agreement in which the lessee relinquishes control of the leased land to another party for the purposes authorized in the lease. See Arizona Laws 37-101
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• Trust land: means any land that is owned or held in trust by this state. See Arizona Laws 37-311
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Writing: includes printing. See Arizona Laws 1-215