Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 37 > Chapter 6 > Article 4 - Administration

• Agricultural lands: means irrigated farm lands or dry farm lands devoted to the purpose of agriculture. See Arizona Laws 37-1002
• 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.
• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• Commissioner: means the state land commissioner. See Arizona Laws 37-101
• Department: means the state land department. See Arizona Laws 37-1002
• District: means a natural resource conservation district organized in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. See Arizona Laws 37-1002
• governmental: includes the government of the state, the government of the United States, and any subdivision, agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of either of them. See Arizona Laws 37-1002
• including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Irrigation district: means an irrigation district, drainage district, water conservation district, agricultural improvement district, and, in addition thereto, includes any district, political subdivision, government agency, canal company, association, corporation or instrumentality of the state, having territorial boundaries and created or organized for the purpose of furnishing irrigation water for lands in the state. See Arizona Laws 37-1002
• 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.
• 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}
• Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Petition: means a petition for the creation or for the dissolution of a district. See Arizona Laws 37-1002
• 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
• Qualified elector: means a person who is a district cooperator and a qualified elector of the state. See Arizona Laws 37-1002
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• Supervisor: means a member of the governing body of a district, elected or appointed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. See Arizona Laws 37-1002
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215