Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes > Chapter 497 > Miscellaneous Provisions

• Airport: means any area of land or water designed and set aside for the landing and taking off of aircraft and utilized in the interest of the public for such purposes. See Nevada Revised Statutes 497.020
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• 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.
• Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
• Political subdivision: means any county, incorporated city, unincorporated town or airport authority created by special legislative act as a quasi-municipal corporation. See Nevada Revised Statutes 497.020
• Public utility: means a person who operates any airline, broadcasting, electric, gas, pipeline, radio, railroad, rural electric, sanitary sewer, slurry, telephone or water business in this State and who conducts such a business for a public use. See Nevada Revised Statutes 497.020
• Structure: means any object constructed or installed by a person, including, but without limitation, buildings, towers, smokestacks and overhead wires and other lines. See Nevada Revised Statutes 497.020
• Tree: means any object of natural growth. See Nevada Revised Statutes 497.020