§ 85.28.010 Private parties authorized to establish ditches and drains
§ 85.28.020 Petition to appropriate — Contents
§ 85.28.030 Cost bond by petitioner
§ 85.28.040 Viewers to be appointed — Duties
§ 85.28.050 Report of viewers and plat to be filed
§ 85.28.060 Summons to landowners — Contents and form
§ 85.28.080 Service by publication
§ 85.28.090 Trial — Findings or verdict — Decree — Time for payment of award
§ 85.28.100 Appeal
§ 85.28.110 Compensation of viewers — Costs
§ 85.28.120 New viewers may be appointed if report not adopted
§ 85.28.130 Drainage of tide or marsh lands — Division of cost between contiguous tracts
§ 85.28.140 Dike or ditch as common boundary — Division of costs
§ 85.28.150 Dike, dam, or causeway at Bachelor Slough

Terms Used In Washington Code > Chapter 85.28 - Private ditches and drains

  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • 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
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.