Nevada Revised Statutes > Chapter 331 – Administration and Control of State Buildings, Grounds and Properties
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General Provisions | 331.010 – 331.155 | |
Marlette Lake Water System | 331.160 – 331.180 | |
Risk Management Division | 331.182 – 331.188 | |
Prohibited Acts and Penalties | 331.190 – 331.220 |
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes > Chapter 331 - Administration and Control of State Buildings, Grounds and Properties
- Appraisal: A determination of property value.
- 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
- Bequest: Property gifted by will.
- Certificate of limited partnership: means the certificate referred to in NRS 88. See Nevada Revised Statutes 88.315
- Chambers: A judge's office.
- 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
- county: includes Carson City. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.033
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- 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.
- Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
- 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.
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
- Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- Partnership agreement: means any valid agreement, written or oral, of the partners as to the affairs of a limited partnership and the conduct of its business. See Nevada Revised Statutes 88.315
- Personal property: All property that is not real property.
- Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
- Registered limited-liability limited partnership: means a limited partnership:
(a) Formed pursuant to an agreement governed by this chapter; and
(b) Registered pursuant to and complying with NRS 88. See Nevada Revised Statutes 88.315
- State: means a state, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See Nevada Revised Statutes 88.315
- Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.