§ 701.680 Waiver of tribal sovereign immunity allows state courts to exercise jurisdiction over actions and claims relating to certain renewable energy projects on Indian tribal lands

Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes > Chapter 701 > Certain Renewable Energy Projects On Indian Tribal Lands

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • county: includes Carson City. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.033
  • 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.
  • population: means the number of people in a specified area as determined by the last preceding national decennial census conducted by the Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of Commerce pursuant to Section 2 of Article I of the Constitution of the United States and reported by the Secretary of Commerce to the Governor pursuant to 13 U. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.050