§ 4.24.005 Tort actions — Attorneys’ fees — Determination of reasonableness
§ 4.24.010 Action for injury or death of child
§ 4.24.020 Action by parent for seduction of child
§ 4.24.040 Action for negligently permitting fire to spread
§ 4.24.050 Kindling of fires by persons driving lumber
§ 4.24.060 Application of common law
§ 4.24.070 Recovery of money lost at gambling
§ 4.24.080 Action to recover leased premises used for gambling
§ 4.24.090 Validity of evidence of gambling debt
§ 4.24.115 Validity of agreement to indemnify against liability for negligence relative to construction, alteration, improvement, etc., of structure or improvement attached to real estate or relative to a motor carrier transportation contrac
§ 4.24.130 Action for change of name — Fees
§ 4.24.140 Action by another state to enforce tax liability
§ 4.24.141 Action by another state to enforce tax liability — “Taxes” defined
§ 4.24.150 Action for fines or forfeitures
§ 4.24.160 Action for penalty — Amount of recovery
§ 4.24.170 Judgment for penalty or forfeiture — Effect of collusion
§ 4.24.180 Disposition of fines, fees, penalties and forfeitures — Venue
§ 4.24.190 Action against parent for willful injury to person or property by minor — Monetary limitation — Common law liability preserved
§ 4.24.200 Liability of owners or others in possession of land and water areas for injuries to recreation users — Purpose
§ 4.24.210 Liability of owners or others in possession of land and water areas for injuries to recreation users — Known dangerous artificial latent conditions — Other limitations
§ 4.24.220 Action for being detained on mercantile establishment premises for investigation — “Reasonable grounds” as defense
§ 4.24.230 Liability for conversion of goods or merchandise from store or mercantile establishment, leaving restaurant or hotel or motel without paying — Adults, minors — Parents, guardians — Notice
§ 4.24.235 Physicians — Immunity from liability regarding safety belts
§ 4.24.240 Persons licensed to provide health care or related services, employees, hospitals, clinics, etc. — Professional review committee, society, examining, licensing or disciplinary board members, etc. — Immunity from civil
§ 4.24.250 Health care provider filing charges or presenting evidence — Immunity — Information sharing
§ 4.24.260 Health professionals making reports, filing charges, or presenting evidence — Immunity
§ 4.24.264 Boards of directors or officers of nonprofit corporations — Liability — Limitations
§ 4.24.290 Action for damages based on professional negligence of hospitals or members of healing arts — Standard of proof — Evidence — Exception
§ 4.24.300 Immunity from liability for certain types of medical care
§ 4.24.310 Persons rendering emergency care or transportation — Definitions
§ 4.24.311 Immunity from liability for certain care or assistance at scene of emergency or disaster
§ 4.24.314 Person causing hazardous materials incident — Responsibility for incident clean-up — Liability
§ 4.24.320 Action by person damaged by malicious mischief to livestock or by owner damaged by theft of livestock — Treble damages, attorney’s fees
§ 4.24.330 Action for damages caused by criminal street gang tagging and graffiti
§ 4.24.340 Liability of merchants and other parties for creating a property crime database — Information sharing
§ 4.24.345 Unlawfully summoning a law enforcement officer — Civil action
§ 4.24.350 Actions for damages that are false, unfounded, malicious, without probable cause, or part of conspiracy — Action, claim, or counterclaim by judicial officer, prosecuting authority, or law enforcement officer for malicious pr
§ 4.24.355 Action by person removed from premises pursuant to RCW 9A.52.105 — Damages, costs, attorneys’ fees
§ 4.24.360 Construction contract provision waiving, releasing, etc., rights of contractor, etc., to damages or adjustment for unreasonable delay caused by contractee, etc. — Declared void and unenforceable — Exceptions
§ 4.24.370 Construction contract provision waiving, releasing, etc., rights of contractor, etc., to damages or adjustment for unreasonable delay caused by contractee, etc. — “Construction contract” defined
§ 4.24.380 Construction contract provision waiving, releasing, etc., rights of contractor, etc., to damages or adjustment for unreasonable delay caused by contractee, etc. — Prospective application of RCW 4.24.360
§ 4.24.400 Building warden assisting others to evacuate building or attempting to control hazard — Immunity from liability
§ 4.24.410 Dog handler using dog in line of duty — Immunity
§ 4.24.420 Action by person committing a felony — Defense — Law enforcement activities — Actions under 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983
§ 4.24.430 Actions by persons serving criminal sentence — Waiver of filing fees — Effect of previous claims dismissed on grounds claim was frivolous or malicious
§ 4.24.450 Liability of operators for nuclear incidents — Definitions
§ 4.24.460 Liability of operators for nuclear incidents — Presumption of operator negligence — Rebuttal — Recovery for negligence or against other parties not limited by section
§ 4.24.470 Liability of officials and members of governing body of public agency — Definitions
§ 4.24.480 Liability of members of state hazardous materials planning committee and local emergency planning committees
§ 4.24.490 Indemnification of state employees
§ 4.24.495 Liability of public employers for deducting or receiving agency or fair share fees from public employees — Findings and declaration — Definitions
§ 4.24.500 Good faith communication to government agency — Legislative findings — Purpose
§ 4.24.510 Communication to government agency or self-regulatory organization — Immunity from civil liability
§ 4.24.520 Good faith communication to government agency — When agency or attorney general may defend against lawsuit — Costs and fees
§ 4.24.530 Limitations on liability for equine activities — Definitions
§ 4.24.540 Limitations on liability for equine activities — Exceptions
§ 4.24.545 Electronic monitoring or 24/7 sobriety program participation — Limitation on liability
§ 4.24.550 Sex offenders and kidnapping offenders — Release of information to public — Website
§ 4.24.5501 Sex offenders — Model policy — Work group
§ 4.24.551 Law enforcement response to secure community transition facility — Limitation on liability
§ 4.24.555 Release of information not restricted by pending appeal, petition, or writ
§ 4.24.556 Sex offender treatment providers — Affiliate sex offender treatment providers — Limited liability — Responsibilities
§ 4.24.558 Limitations on liability for information sharing regarding persons under court orders for supervision or treatment
§ 4.24.560 Defense to action for injury caused by indoor air pollutants
§ 4.24.570 Acts against animals in research or educational facilities
§ 4.24.575 Acts against animals kept for agricultural or veterinary purposes
§ 4.24.580 Acts against animal facilities — Injunction
§ 4.24.590 Liability of foster parents
§ 4.24.595 Liability immunity — Emergent placement investigations of child abuse or neglect — Shelter care and other dependency orders
§ 4.24.601 Hazards to the public — Information — Legislative findings, policy, intent
§ 4.24.611 Product liability/hazardous substance claims — Public right to information — Confidentiality — Damages, costs, attorneys’ fees — Repeal
§ 4.24.630 Liability for damage to land and property — Damages — Costs — Attorneys’ fees — Exceptions
§ 4.24.640 Firearm safety program liability
§ 4.24.660 Liability of school districts under contracts with youth programs
§ 4.24.670 Liability of volunteers of nonprofit or governmental entities
§ 4.24.680 Unlawful release of court and law enforcement employee information — Exception
§ 4.24.690 Unlawful release of court and law enforcement employee information — Court action to prevent
§ 4.24.700 Unlawful release of court and law enforcement employee information — Damages, fees, and costs
§ 4.24.710 Outdoor music festival, campground — Detention
§ 4.24.720 Liability immunity — Amber alerts
§ 4.24.730 Liability immunity — Disclosure of employee information to prospective employer
§ 4.24.740 Liability immunity — Bovine handling activities
§ 4.24.750 Monitoring of persons charged with or convicted of misdemeanors — Decisions concerning release of criminal offenders — Findings
§ 4.24.760 Limited jurisdiction courts — Limitation on liability for inadequate supervision or monitoring — Definitions
§ 4.24.770 Private employer not liable for injury to unauthorized third-party occupant of private employer’s vehicle
§ 4.24.780 Liability of fire service protection agency in providing firefighting efforts outside of jurisdiction or emergency services
§ 4.24.785 Delivery or installation of detection device by fire protection service agency — Liability for civil damages
§ 4.24.790 Electronic impersonation — Action for invasion of privacy
§ 4.24.792 Unauthorized publication of personal identifying information
§ 4.24.800 Liability immunity — Charitable donation of eyeglasses or hearing instruments
§ 4.24.810 Liability immunity — Credentialing or granting practice privileges to health care providers responding to emergencies
§ 4.24.820 Nonrecognition of foreign order — Incompatibility with public policy
§ 4.24.830 Agritourism — Definitions
§ 4.24.832 Agritourism — Immunity
§ 4.24.835 Agritourism — Warning notice
§ 4.24.840 Effect of sexual harassment or sexual assault nondisclosure agreement on discovery and witness availability
§ 4.24.850 Action by victim of false reporting — Liability to a public agency
§ 4.24.900 Construction — Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships — 2009 c 521

Terms Used In Washington Code > Chapter 4.24 - Special rights of action and special immunities

  • Academic employee: means any teacher, counselor, librarian, or department head, who is employed by any college district, whether full or part time, with the exception of the chief administrative officer of, and any administrator in, each college district. See Washington Code 28B.52.020
  • active duty service: means full-time duty, other than active duty for training, as a member of the uniformed services of the United States. See Washington Code 28B.15.012
  • active military duty: means the person is serving on active duty in:
Washington Code 28B.15.012
  • Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
  • Administrator: means any person employed either full or part time by the college district and who performs administrative functions as at least fifty percent or more of his or her assignments, and has responsibilities to hire, dismiss, or discipline other employees. See Washington Code 28B.52.020
  • Advanced paraeducator certificate: means a credential earned by a paraeducator who may have the following duties: Assisting in highly impacted classrooms, assisting in specialized instructional support and instructional technology applications, mentoring and coaching other paraeducators, and acting as a short-term emergency substitute teacher. See Washington Code 28A.413.010
  • Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
  • Allegation: something that someone says happened.
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Amortization: Paying off a loan by regular installments.
  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • 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.
  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • Appropriation: means the maximum authorization during a given fiscal period to incur expenditures. See Washington Code 28A.505.010
  • 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
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Authority: means the Washington higher education facilities authority created under RCW 28B. See Washington Code 28B.07.020
  • Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
  • Baseline: Projection of the receipts, outlays, and other budget amounts that would ensue in the future without any change in existing policy. Baseline projections are used to gauge the extent to which proposed legislation, if enacted into law, would alter current spending and revenue levels.
  • 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
  • Bequest: Property gifted by will.
  • Board: means the paraeducator board established in RCW 28A. See Washington Code 28A.413.010
  • Bond resolution: means any resolution of the authority, adopted under this chapter, authorizing the issuance and sale of bonds. See Washington Code 28B.07.020
  • Bonds: means bonds, notes, commercial paper, certificates of indebtedness, or other evidences of indebtedness of the authority issued under this chapter. See Washington Code 28B.07.020
  • Case law: The law as laid down in cases that have been decided in the decisions of the courts.
  • Caucus: From the Algonquian Indian language, a caucus meant "to meet together." An informal organization of members of the legislature that exists to discuss issues of mutual concern and possibly to perform legislative research and policy planning for its members. There are regional, political or ideological, ethnic, and economic-based caucuses.
  • Change in the organization and extent of school districts: means the formation and establishment of new school districts, the dissolution of existing school districts, the alteration of the boundaries of existing school districts, or all of them. See Washington Code 28A.315.025
  • Charity: An agency, institution, or organization in existence and operating for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons and conducted for educational, religious, scientific, medical, or other beneficent purposes.
  • Child: includes , but is not limited to:
    • Washington Code 28B.15.012
  • Commission: means the public employment relations commission. See Washington Code 28B.52.020
  • Committee membership: Legislators are assigned to specific committees by their party. Seniority, regional balance, and political philosophy are the most prominent factors in the committee assignment process.
  • Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Counterclaim: A claim that a defendant makes against a plaintiff.
  • Credit report: A detailed report of an individual's credit history prepared by a credit bureau and used by a lender in determining a loan applicant's creditworthiness. Source: OCC
  • Credit Score: A number, roughly between 300 and 800, that measures an individual's credit worthiness. The most well-known type of credit score is the FICO score. This score represents the answer from a mathematical formula that assigns numerical values to various pieces of information in your credit report. Source: OCC
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • dependent: shall mean a person who is not financially independent. See Washington Code 28B.15.012
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • discretionary discipline: means a disciplinary action taken by a school district for student behavior that violates rules of student conduct adopted by a school district board of directors under RCW 28A. See Washington Code 28A.600.015
  • Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
  • Donor: The person who makes a gift.
  • dual credit program: means a program, administered by either an institution of higher education or a high school, through which high school students in the eleventh or twelfth grade who have not yet received the credits required for the award of a high school diploma apply to a participating institution of higher education to enroll in courses or programs offered by the institution of higher education and simultaneously earn high school and college credit. See Washington Code 28B.15.821
  • Education center: means any private school operated on a profit or nonprofit basis which does the following:
    • Washington Code 28A.205.010
  • Educational service district superintendent: means the educational service district superintendent as provided for in RCW 28A. See Washington Code 28A.315.025
  • Employee organization: means any organization which includes as members the academic employees of a college district and which has as one of its purposes the representation of the employees in their employment relations with the college district. See Washington Code 28B.52.020
  • English language learner programs: means the English language learners program, the transitional bilingual instruction program, and the federal limited English proficiency program. See Washington Code 28A.413.010
  • Enrolled bill: The final copy of a bill or joint resolution which has passed both chambers in identical form. It is printed on parchment paper, signed by appropriate officials, and submitted to the President/Governor for signature.
  • Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Escheat: Reversion of real or personal property to the state when 1) a person dies without leaving a will and has no heirs, or 2) when the property (such as a bank account) has been inactive for a certain period of time. Source: OCC
  • 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.
  • Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
  • Exclusive bargaining representative: means any employee organization which has:
    • Washington Code 28B.52.020
  • Executive session: A portion of the Senate's daily session in which it considers executive business.
  • Fair Credit Reporting Act: A federal law, established in 1971 and revised in 1997, that gives consumers the right to see their credit records and correct any mistakes. Source: OCC
  • Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act is a set of United States statutes added as Title VIII of the Consumer Credit Protection Act. Its purpose is to ensure ethical practices in the collection of consumer debts and to provide consumers with an avenue for disputing and obtaining validation of debt information in order to ensure the information's accuracy. It is often used in conjunction with the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Source: OCC
  • 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.
  • Federal public defender: An attorney employed by the federal courts on a full-time basis to provide legal defense to defendants who are unable to afford counsel. The judiciary administers the federal defender program pursuant to the Criminal Justice Act. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Federal Reserve System: The central bank of the United States. The Fed, as it is commonly called, regulates the U.S. monetary and financial system. The Federal Reserve System is composed of a central governmental agency in Washington, D.C. (the Board of Governors) and twelve regional Federal Reserve Banks in major cities throughout the United States. Source: OCC
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Financial oversight committee: means a committee convened pursuant to RCW 28A. See Washington Code 28A.315.025
  • Financially insolvent district: means a school district that:
    • Washington Code 28A.315.025
  • 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.
  • Forbearance: A means of handling a delinquent loan. A
  • Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • 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.
  • Habeas corpus: A writ that is usually used to bring a prisoner before the court to determine the legality of his imprisonment. It may also be used to bring a person in custody before the court to give testimony, or to be prosecuted.
  • Higher education institution: means a private, nonprofit educational institution, the main campus of which is permanently situated in the state, which is open to residents of the state, which neither restricts entry on racial or religious grounds, which provides programs of education beyond high school leading at least to the baccalaureate degree, and which is accredited by the Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges or by an accrediting association recognized by the council for higher education. See Washington Code 28B.07.020
  • 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
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • institution: shall mean a public university, college, or community or technical college within the state of Washington. See Washington Code 28B.15.012
  • Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. Source: OCC
  • Joint meeting: An occasion, often ceremonial, when the House and Senate each adopt a unanimous consent agreement
  • 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.
  • Lawsuit: A legal action started by a plaintiff against a defendant based on a complaint that the defendant failed to perform a legal duty, resulting in harm to the plaintiff.
  • 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
  • Legacy: A gift of property made by will.
  • Legislative session: That part of a chamber's daily session in which it considers legislative business (bills, resolutions, and actions related thereto).
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Markup: The process by which congressional committees and subcommittees debate, amend, and rewrite proposed legislation.
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • nonresident student: shall mean any student who does not qualify as a "resident student" under the provisions of this section and RCW 28B. See Washington Code 28B.15.012
  • nonresident tuition fees differential: means the difference between resident tuition fees and nonresident tuition fees. See Washington Code 28B.15.022
  • 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.
  • operating fees: as used in this chapter shall include the fees, other than building fees, charged all students registering at the state's colleges and universities but shall not include fees for short courses, self-supporting degree credit programs and courses, marine station work, experimental station work, correspondence or extension courses, and individual instruction and student deposits or rentals, disciplinary and library fines, which colleges and universities shall have the right to impose, laboratory, gymnasium, health, technology and student activity fees, or fees, charges, rentals, and other income derived from any or all revenue producing lands, buildings and facilities of the colleges or universities heretofore or hereafter acquired, constructed or installed, including but not limited to income from rooms, dormitories, dining rooms, hospitals, infirmaries, housing or student activity buildings, vehicular parking facilities, land, or the appurtenances thereon, or such other special fees as may be established by any college or university board of trustees or regents from time to time. See Washington Code 28B.15.031
  • Oral argument: An opportunity for lawyers to summarize their position before the court and also to answer the judges' questions.
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Paraeducator: means a classified public school or school district employee who works under the supervision of a certificated or licensed staff member to support and assist in providing instructional and other services to students and their families. See Washington Code 28A.413.010
  • Participant: means a higher education institution which, under this chapter, undertakes the financing of a project or projects or undertakes the refunding or refinancing of obligations, mortgages, or advances previously incurred for a project or projects. See Washington Code 28B.07.020
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • person: may be construed to include the United States, this state, or any state or territory, or any public or private corporation or limited liability company, as well as an individual. See Washington Code 1.16.080
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
  • Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. Source: OCC
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • President pro tempore: A constitutionally recognized officer of the Senate who presides over the chamber in the absence of the Vice President. The President Pro Tempore (or, "president for a time") is elected by the Senate and is, by custom, the Senator of the majority party with the longest record of continuous service.
  • Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
  • Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Probation officers: Screen applicants for pretrial release and monitor convicted offenders released under court supervision.
  • Project: means any land or any improvement, including, but not limited to, buildings, structures, fixtures, utilities, machinery, excavations, paving, and landscaping, and any interest in such land or improvements, and any personal property pertaining or useful to such land and improvements, which are necessary, useful, or convenient for the operation of a higher education institution, including but not limited to, the following: Dormitories or other multiunit housing facilities for students, faculty, officers, or employees; dining halls; student unions; administration buildings; academic buildings; libraries; laboratories; research facilities; computer facilities; classrooms; athletic facilities; health care facilities; maintenance, storage, or utility facilities; parking facilities; or any combination thereof, or any other structures, facilities, or equipment so related. See Washington Code 28B.07.020
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Public defender: Represent defendants who can't afford an attorney in criminal matters.
  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Recess: A temporary interruption of the legislative business.
  • Regional committee: means the regional committee on school district organization created by this chapter. See Washington Code 28A.315.025
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Remand: When an appellate court sends a case back to a lower court for further proceedings.
  • Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
  • resident student: shall mean :
    • Washington Code 28B.15.012
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  • Revenue: means an addition to assets of a fund of a school district during a fiscal period that is available to finance the fund's expenditures during the fiscal period. See Washington Code 28A.505.010
  • Revenue accruals: means those revenues anticipated to be received in cash after the close of the fiscal period that represent reimbursement for expenditures incurred by the end of the fiscal period. See Washington Code 28A.505.010
  • Satisfactory financial plan: means a plan approved by the superintendent of public instruction and the educational service district where a school district is located demonstrating the school district will have an adequate fund balance at the end of the plan period relying on:
    • Washington Code 28A.315.025
  • School district: means the territory under the jurisdiction of a single governing board designated and referred to as the board of directors. See Washington Code 28A.315.025
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • services and activities fees: as used in this chapter is defined to mean fees, other than tuition fees, charged to all students registering at the state's community colleges, technical colleges, regional universities, The Evergreen State College, and state universities. See Washington Code 28B.15.041
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • Temporary restraining order: Prohibits a person from an action that is likely to cause irreparable harm. This differs from an injunction in that it may be granted immediately, without notice to the opposing party, and without a hearing. It is intended to last only until a hearing can be held.
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • this code: means Titles 28A and 28B RCW. See Washington Code 28A.900.070
  • 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.
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Trust indenture: means any agreement, trust indenture, or other similar instrument by and between the authority and one or more corporate trustees. See Washington Code 28B.07.020
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • tuition fees: as used in this chapter shall mean the fees charged students registering at the state's colleges and universities which consist of:
    • Washington Code 28B.15.020
  • Unfair labor practice: means any unfair labor practice listed in RCW 28B. See Washington Code 28B.52.020
  • Uniform Commercial Code: A set of statutes enacted by the various states to provide consistency among the states' commercial laws. It includes negotiable instruments, sales, stock transfers, trust and warehouse receipts, and bills of lading. Source: OCC
  • Uphold: The decision of an appellate court not to reverse a lower court decision.
  • Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
  • Victim advocate: work with prosecutors and assist the victims of a crime.
  • Washington national guard: means that part of the military force of the state that is organized, equipped, and federally recognized under the provisions of the national defense act of the United States, and in the event the national guard is called into federal service or in the event the state guard or any part or individual member thereof is called into active state service by the commander-in-chief. See Washington Code 28B.15.012
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.