Nevada Revised Statutes > Chapter 16 – Date of Trial; Trial by Jury; Masters
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| Date of Trial | 16.010 – 16.025 | |
| Trial by Jury | 16.030 – 16.190 | |
| Masters | 16.200 |
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes > Chapter 16 - Date of Trial; Trial by Jury; Masters
- Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
- Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
- Bailiff: a court officer who enforces the rules of behavior in courtrooms.
- Conscious disregard: means the knowledge of the probable harmful consequences of a wrongful act and a willful and deliberate failure to act to avoid those consequences. See Nevada Revised Statutes 42.001
- controlled substance: means a drug, immediate precursor or other substance which is listed in schedule I, II, III, IV or V for control by the State Board of Pharmacy pursuant to NRS 453. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.031
- Counterclaim: A claim that a defendant makes against a plaintiff.
- Court reporter: A person who makes a word-for-word record of what is said in court and produces a transcript of the proceedings upon request.
- Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
- Juror: A person who is on the jury.
- Oppression: means despicable conduct that subjects a person to cruel and unjust hardship with conscious disregard of the rights of the person. See Nevada Revised Statutes 42.001
- Public defender: Represent defendants who can't afford an attorney in criminal matters.
- Recess: A temporary interruption of the legislative business.
- substantial bodily harm: means :
- Tenancy in common: A type of property ownership in which two or more individuals have an undivided interest in property. At the death of one tenant in common, his (her) fractional percentage of ownership in the property passes to the decedent
- Voir dire: The process by which judges and lawyers select a petit jury from among those eligible to serve, by questioning them to determine knowledge of the facts of the case and a willingness to decide the case only on the evidence presented in court. "Voir dire" is a phrase meaning "to speak the truth."