2005 Nevada Revised Statutes - Chapter 64 — General Provisions

Title 6 - JUSTICE COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE THEREIN

CHAPTER 64 - GENERAL PROVISIONS

NRS 64.010 Provisionsof NRS applicable to Justice Courts.

NRS 64.020 Definitions.

NRS 64.030 Affinitydefined.

NRS 64.040 Monthdefined.

NRS 64.050 Oathdefined.

NRS 64.060 Personalproperty defined.

NRS 64.070 Processdefined.

NRS 64.080 Propertydefined.

NRS 64.090 Realproperty defined.

NRS 64.100 Statedefined.

NRS 64.110 UnitedStates defined.

NRS 64.120 Willdefined.

NRS 64.130 Writdefined.

NRS 64.140 Writingdefined.

NRS 64.150 Interpretation.

NRS 64.160 Signatureby mark.

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NRS 64.010 Provisionsof NRS applicable to Justice Courts. JusticeCourts being courts of peculiar and limited jurisdiction, only those provisionsof titles 2, 3 and 4 which are, in their nature, applicable to theorganization, powers and course of proceedings in Justice Courts or which havebeen made applicable by special provisions of NRS, are applicable to JusticeCourts and the proceedings therein.

[1911 CPA 873; RL 5815; NCL 9362]

NRS 64.020 Definitions. As used in this title, unless the context otherwiserequires, the words and terms defined in NRS64.030 to 64.140, inclusive, havethe meanings ascribed to them in those sections.

[Part 1911 CPA 533; RL 5475; NCL 9022](NRS A1977, 183; 1985, 501)

NRS 64.030 Affinitydefined. Affinity when applied to themarriage relation signifies the connection existing in consequence of marriagebetween each of the married persons and the blood relatives of the other.

[Part 1911 CPA 533; RL 5475; NCL 9022](NRS A1977, 183; 1985, 501)

NRS 64.040 Monthdefined. Month means a calendar month, unlessotherwise expressed.

[Part 1911 CPA 533; RL 5475; NCL 9022](NRS A1977, 183; 1985, 501)

NRS 64.050 Oathdefined. Oath includes affirmation ordeclaration.

[Part 1911 CPA 533; RL 5475; NCL 9022](NRS A1977, 183; 1985, 501)

NRS 64.060 Personalproperty defined. Personal propertyincludes money, goods, chattels, things in action and evidences of debt.

[Part 1911 CPA 533; RL 5475; NCL 9022](NRS A1977, 183; 1985, 501)

NRS 64.070 Processdefined. Process signifies a writ or summonsin the course of judicial proceedings.

[Part 1911 CPA 533; RL 5475; NCL 9022](NRS A1977, 183; 1985, 501)

NRS 64.080 Propertydefined. Property includes both real and personalproperty.

[Part 1911 CPA 533; RL 5475; NCL 9022](NRS A1977, 183; 1985, 501)

NRS 64.090 Realproperty defined. Real property iscoextensive with lands, tenements and hereditaments.

[Part 1911 CPA 533; RL 5475; NCL 9022](NRS A1977, 183; 1985, 501)

NRS 64.100 Statedefined. State when applied to the differentparts of the United States includes the District of Columbia and theterritories.

[Part 1911 CPA 533; RL 5475; NCL 9022](NRS A1977, 183; 1985, 501)

NRS 64.110 UnitedStates defined. United States may includethe District of Columbia and territories or insular possessions.

[Part 1911 CPA 533; RL 5475; NCL 9022](NRS A1977, 183; 1985, 501)

NRS 64.120 Willdefined. Will includes a codicil.

[Part 1911 CPA 533; RL 5475; NCL 9022](NRS A1977, 183; 1985, 501)

NRS 64.130 Writdefined. Writ signifies an order or preceptin writing, issued in the name of the State or of a court or judicial officer.

[Part 1911 CPA 533; RL 5475; NCL 9022](NRS A1977, 183; 1985, 501)

NRS 64.140 Writingdefined. Writing includes printing andtypewriting.

[Part 1911 CPA 533; RL 5475; NCL 9022](NRS A1977, 183; 1985, 501)

NRS 64.150 Interpretation. As used in this title, every mode of oral statement, underoath or affirmation, is embraced by the term testify, and every written onein the term depose.

[Part 1911 CPA 533; RL 5475; NCL 9022](NRS A1977, 183; 1985, 501)

NRS 64.160 Signatureby mark. As used in this title, signature orsubscription includes mark when the person cannot write, his name being writtennear it by a person who writes his own name as a witness; but when a signatureis by mark it must, in order that it may be acknowledged or may serve as thesignature to any sworn statement, be witnessed by two persons who mustsubscribe their own names as witnesses thereto.

[Part 1911 CPA 533; RL 5475; NCL 9022](NRS A1977, 183; 1985, 501)

 

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