Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes > Chapter 284 > Sex- or Gender-Based Harassment or Discrimination

• Administrator: means the Administrator of the Division. See Nevada Revised Statutes 284.015
• 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.
• Commission: means the Personnel Commission. See Nevada Revised Statutes 284.015
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Division: means the Division of Human Resource Management of the Department of Administration. See Nevada Revised Statutes 284.015
• 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.
• person: means a natural person, any form of business or social organization and any other nongovernmental legal entity including, but not limited to, a corporation, partnership, association, trust or unincorporated organization. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.039