Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 40 > Chapter 7 - Gas Appliances

• Commission: means the Arizona corporation commission. See Arizona Laws 40-1201
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• contractor: includes subcontractor and specialty contractor. See Arizona Laws 40-1201
• 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.
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Distributor: means any individual, partnership, corporation, association or other legal relationship which stands between the manufacturer and the retail seller in purchases, consignments or contracts for sale of consumer goods. See Arizona Laws 40-1201
• Gas appliance: means any new residential-type furnace, air conditioner, heater, refrigerator, stove, range, dishwasher, dryer, decorative fireplace log or other similar device, except a water heater, which uses a gaseous fuel for operation and is automatically ignited. See Arizona Laws 40-1201
• including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• Intermittent ignition device: means an ignition device which is actuated only when the gas appliance is in operation. See Arizona Laws 40-1201
• Manufacturer: means any individual, partnership, corporation, association or other legal relationship which manufactures, assembles, produces or gathers consumer goods. See Arizona Laws 40-1201
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Person: means any individual, partnership, corporation, association, manufacturer, distributor, retailer, contractor, builder, or other group, however organized, who sells or causes to be distributed or installed, any new gas appliance. See Arizona Laws 40-1201
• Pilot light: means any gas operated device that remains continually operated or lighted in order to ignite a gas appliance to begin normal operation. See Arizona Laws 40-1201
• Property: includes both real and personal property. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• retailer: means any individual, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal relationship which engages in the business of selling new goods to retail buyers. See Arizona Laws 40-1201
• Shares: means the units into which the proprietary interests in a corporation are divided. See Arizona Laws 10-140