Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes > Chapter 1 > Court Administrator

• Adult: means a person who has attained the age of 18 years. See Nevada Revised Statutes 167.020
• Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
• Attorney-in-fact: A person who, acting as an agent, is given written authorization by another person to transact business for him (her) out of court.
• Broker: means a person lawfully engaged in the business of effecting transactions in securities or commodities for his or her own account or for the account of others. See Nevada Revised Statutes 167.020
• Conservator: means a person appointed or qualified by a court to act as general, limited or temporary guardian of a minor"s property or any other person legally authorized to perform substantially the same functions. See Nevada Revised Statutes 167.020
• 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
• Court: means the district court. See Nevada Revised Statutes 167.020
• Custodial property: means :

  (a) Any interest in property transferred to a custodian in a manner prescribed in this chapter; and

  (b) The income from and the proceeds of that interest in property. See Nevada Revised Statutes 167.020

• Custodian: means a person so designated in a manner prescribed in this chapter. See Nevada Revised Statutes 167.020
• Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
• Financial institution: means a bank, trust company, savings institution or credit union chartered and supervised under federal law or the laws of a state. See Nevada Revised Statutes 167.020
• Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
• Legal representative: means a personal representative or conservator. See Nevada Revised Statutes 167.020
• Minor: means a person who has not attained the age of 18 years. See Nevada Revised Statutes 167.020
• 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 natural person, corporation, organization or other legal entity. See Nevada Revised Statutes 167.020
• Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
• Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
• State: means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or any territory or possession subject to the legislative authority of the United States. See Nevada Revised Statutes 167.020
• Transfer: means a transaction which creates custodial property in a manner prescribed in this chapter. See Nevada Revised Statutes 167.020
• Transferor: means a person who makes a transfer in a manner prescribed in this chapter. See Nevada Revised Statutes 167.020
• Trust company: means a financial institution, corporation or other legal entity authorized to exercise general trust powers. See Nevada Revised Statutes 167.020
• Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.