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Term Definition
DR

Departmental Report.  It is a document prepared by the officer where the filing of charges may be requested.

Due Process

The right to fairness and regularity in the procedure under which the defendant is tried.

Duty of Support

The legal obligations of each parent to support minor natural or adopted unemancipated children. In Arizona this obligation continues past the age of majority (currently age 18) if the child is still attending high school or in a certified high school equivalency program, or when the child as minor was found to be disabled and the court has ordered the payments to continue.

Ejecución

Un recurso legal utilizado para hacer cumplir una sentencia, mediante el cual un agente del orden público puede confiscar la propiedad del deudor. También se refiere al proceso de cumplir una orden de arresto civil.

Electronic Signature

An electronic method or process that through the application of a security procedure allows a determination that the electronic signature at the time it was executed was all of the following:

  • Unique to the person using it.
  • Capable of verification.
  • Under the sole control of the person using it.
  • Linked to the electronic document to which it relates in a manner so that if the document is changed the electronic signature is invalidated.

An electronic signature is an electronic symbol, usually /s/, followed by a typed name. For example, “/s/ John Doe,” is an electronic signature. The /s/ symbol means that the individual whose typed name appears next to it or below it intended that the typed name be treated as an original signature. An electronic signature is attached to a paper filed with the Clerk of the Court by the self-represented litigant or a judge of court.

Electronic will

A testamentary instrument that is executed and maintained on an electronic medium and that is executed in compliance with Arizona Revised Statutes, Section 14-2518.

Elemento probatorio

Un documento u objeto que se ofrece como evidencia durante un juicio o audiencia.

Elementos probatorios

Documentos u otros artículos considerados por el tribunal inferior.

Emancipación

Un estado de independencia de los niños de sus padres debido a la edad o circunstancia.

Emancipation

A status of independence of children from their parents due to age or circumstance.

Embargo

Una orden judicial que confisca a una persona o propiedad, de modo que la persona o la propiedad vaya ante la corte para el juicio.

Embargo de bienes

La propiedad o el dinero propiedad de la persona que debe dinero se retiene del deudor y se aplica a la deuda.

En Forma Pauperis

Frase en latín que se refiere a alguien que no tiene la capacidad financiera para pagar todo o parte del costo del litigio.

En Loco Parentis

Una persona que ha sido tratada como padre por el niño y ha establecido una relación parental significativa durante un largo período de tiempo.

en nombre propio

Las personas que se representan en un tribunal de justicia sin la asistencia de un abogado.

Synonyms - Pro per; Pro Se; Por derecho Propio
Encabezamiento de un auto

Un encabezado de un escrito u otro documento judicial que muestre el nombre del tribunal, los nombres de las personas y el número del caso

Entry of Judgment

This is the date that the final judgment is filed with the Clerk of the Superior Court. When the final judgment is filed with the Clerk of the Superior Court, it is stamped with the entry date. The entry date may differ from the date that a judgment is signed by the Superior Court judge. An individual has thirty (30) days from the entry of judgment to file a Notice of Appeal with the Clerk of the Superior Court. If the Notice of Appeal is not filed within this thirty (30) day period, the Court of Appeals will dismiss the appeal as untimely.

Synonyms - Entry of Judgement
Environmental law

Federal, state or local law, rule, regulation or ordinance relating to protection of the environment.

Epígrafe

Parte de un documento archivado que dice en qué corte se está archivando; los nombres del Demandante y el Demandado; y números de casos

Equal Parenting Time

A parenting time arrangement that allows both parents to spend essentially equal time, each year, with the children.