§ 41-191 Attorney general; qualifications; salary; assistants; fees; exceptions; outside counsel
§ 41-191.01 Procedure upon recovery of money for antitrust violations
§ 41-191.02 Antitrust enforcement revolving fund; receipts and disbursements; exemption; report; data collection
§ 41-191.03 Collection enforcement revolving fund; disposition of monies
§ 41-191.04 Collection of debts owed the state; reports; remedies
§ 41-191.05 Colorado river land claims revolving fund; use; accounting; audit; disposition of monies
§ 41-191.06 Victims’ rights program
§ 41-191.07 Street gang enforcement revolving fund; use; exemption from lapsing
§ 41-191.08 Victims’ rights fund; use; reporting requirements; exemption from lapsing
§ 41-191.09 Attorney general legal services cost allocation fund; contributions; exemptions
§ 41-191.10 Misrepresentations by employment agents; definition
§ 41-191.11 Child and family advocacy center fund; report
§ 41-191.12 Unreported in-kind political contributions task force fund; joint task force on unreported in-kind political contributions; exemption
§ 41-192 Powers and duties of attorney general; restrictions on state agencies as to legal counsel; exceptions; compromise and settlement monies
§ 41-192.01 Authorizing Arizona power authority to employ legal counsel for certain purposes
§ 41-192.02 Legal counsel in certain civil actions; counsel to fire districts
§ 41-193 Department of law; composition; powers and duties
§ 41-194 Opinions; annual report; distribution
§ 41-194.01 Violations of state law by counties, cities and towns; attorney general investigation; report; withholding of state shared revenues; notice of violation
§ 41-195 Violation; classification
§ 41-196 Witness protection
§ 41-198 Fatal or near fatal domestic violence review teams; duties; membership; report; confidentiality; violation; classification; definitions
§ 41-199 Internet crimes against children enforcement fund; use; reporting

Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 41 > Chapter 1 > Article 5 - The Attorney General and the Department of Law

  • Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • 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
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • 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.
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
  • Escheat: Reversion of real or personal property to the state when 1) a person dies without leaving a will and has no heirs, or 2) when the property (such as a bank account) has been inactive for a certain period of time. Source: OCC
  • 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.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Lawsuit: A legal action started by a plaintiff against a defendant based on a complaint that the defendant failed to perform a legal duty, resulting in harm to the plaintiff.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Property: includes both real and personal property. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • 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.
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  • 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.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Writing: includes printing. See Arizona Laws 1-215