Glossaries
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Mental health provider | Any physician or provider of mental health or behavioral health services involved in evaluating, caring for, treating or rehabilitating a patient. |
| Mental health treatment agency | The state hospital or a health care agency that is licensed by the department and that provides those services that are required of the agency by this chapter. |
| Merit Selection | A system for a judicial nomination commission to recommend candidates for judicial appointments to the governor. |
| Merit Selection | A system for a judicial nomination commission to recommend candidates for judicial appointments to the governor. |
| Mini-trial | A process in which each side presents its case to a neutral third party, usually one impartial advisor who has been selected by the litigants and their attorneys. Although the process resembles a trial, the presentation is abbreviated. Following the presentations, the representatives of the litigants meet, with or without the neutral third party, to negotiate a settlement. |
| Minijuicio | Un proceso en el que cada parte presenta su caso a un tercero neutral, generalmente un asesor imparcial que ha sido seleccionado por los litigantes y sus abogados. |
| Minor | A person who is under eighteen years of age. |
| Minuta de Resolución | Un proceso, instrucción, resolución o decisión formal por escrito de un tribunal. |
| Minute Entry | A formal written process, instruction, ruling or decision of a court. |
| Misdemeanor | An offense less serious than a felony, punishable by a sentence other than being sent to prison (A.R.S. 13-105). |
| Misdemeanor | Offense less serious than a felon, punishable by a sentence other than being sent to prison. (A.R.S. Section 13-105) |
| Moción | Una solicitud a un juez que busca una resolución específica u orden judicial. |
| Moción de anulación | Una solicitud para que el tribunal retire una sentencia condenatoria. |
| Modificar | Para alterar; cambiar; extender; modificar; limitar o reducir. |
| Modification Order | An order of the court that alters, changes, extends, amends, limits, or reduces an earlier order of the court. |
| Modify | To alter; to change; to extend; to amend; to limit; to reduce. |
| Money Judgment | A money judgment is a judgment signed by a judge of the Superior Court requiring one party to pay a specific amount of money to another person. |
| Mortgage | Any conveyance, agreement or arrangement in which property is encumbered or used as security. Mortgage does not include leases or easements. |
| Motion | A request to a judge seeking a specific ruling or court order. |
| Motion | A request to a court for an order granting any kind of relief. |