Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes > Chapter 321 - Administration, Control and Transfer of State Lands

• Administrator: means the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator. See Nevada Revised Statutes 378.005
• 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.
• Appraisal: A determination of property value.
• Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. ^{Source: OCC}
• Concurrent resolution: A legislative measure, designated "S. Con. Res." and numbered consecutively upon introduction, generally employed to address the sentiments of both chambers, to deal with issues or matters affecting both houses, such as a concurrent budget resolution, or to create a temporary joint committee. Concurrent resolutions are not submitted to the President/Governor and thus do not have the force of law.
• Contribution: means any cash, property, services rendered, or a promissory note or other binding obligation to contribute cash or property or to perform services, which a partner contributes to a limited partnership in his or her capacity as a partner. See Nevada Revised Statutes 88.315
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• Department: means the Department of Administration. See Nevada Revised Statutes 378.005
• Department: means the Department of Taxation. See Nevada Revised Statutes 360.001
• Director: means the Director of the Department. See Nevada Revised Statutes 378.005
• Division: means the Division of State Library, Archives and Public Records of the Department. See Nevada Revised Statutes 378.005
• Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
• Donor: The person who makes a gift.
• Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
• Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
• Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. ^{Source: FDIC}
• Majority leader: see Floor Leaders
• Partnership interest: means a partner"s share of the profits and losses of a limited partnership and the right to receive distributions of partnership assets. See Nevada Revised Statutes 88.315
• Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
• Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.