[Rev. 11/21/2013 9:17:01
AM--2013]
TITLE 6 - JUSTICE COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE THEREIN
CHAPTER 64 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
NRS 64.010 Provisions
of NRS applicable to justice courts.
NRS 64.020 Definitions.
NRS 64.030 “Affinity”
defined.
NRS 64.040 “Month”
defined.
NRS 64.050 “Oath”
defined.
NRS 64.060 “Personal
property” defined.
NRS 64.070 “Process”
defined.
NRS 64.080 “Property”
defined.
NRS 64.090 “Real
property” defined.
NRS 64.100 “State”
defined.
NRS 64.110 “United
States” defined.
NRS 64.120 “Will”
defined.
NRS 64.130 “Writ”
defined.
NRS 64.140 “Writing”
defined.
NRS 64.150 Interpretation.
NRS 64.160 Signature
by mark.
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NRS 64.010 Provisions of NRS applicable to justice courts. Justice courts being courts of peculiar and
limited jurisdiction, only those provisions of titles 2, 3 and 4 of NRS which
are, in their nature, applicable to the organization, powers and course of
proceedings in justice courts or which have been made applicable by special
provisions of NRS, are applicable to justice courts and the proceedings
therein.
[1911 CPA § 873; RL § 5815; NCL § 9362]
NRS 64.020 Definitions. As
used in this title, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms
defined in NRS 64.030 to 64.140,
inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
[Part 1911 CPA § 533; RL § 5475; NCL § 9022]—(NRS A
1977, 183; 1985,
501)
NRS 64.030 “Affinity” defined. “Affinity”
when applied to the marriage relation signifies the connection existing in
consequence of marriage between each of the married persons and the blood
relatives of the other.
[Part 1911 CPA § 533; RL § 5475; NCL § 9022]—(NRS A
1977, 183; 1985,
501)
NRS 64.040 “Month” defined. “Month”
means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed.
[Part 1911 CPA § 533; RL § 5475; NCL § 9022]—(NRS A
1977, 183; 1985,
501)
NRS 64.050 “Oath” defined. “Oath”
includes affirmation or declaration.
[Part 1911 CPA § 533; RL § 5475; NCL § 9022]—(NRS A
1977, 183; 1985,
501)
NRS 64.060 “Personal property” defined. “Personal
property” includes money, goods, chattels, things in action and evidences of
debt.
[Part 1911 CPA § 533; RL § 5475; NCL § 9022]—(NRS A
1977, 183; 1985,
501)
NRS 64.070 “Process” defined. “Process”
signifies a writ or summons in the course of judicial proceedings.
[Part 1911 CPA § 533; RL § 5475; NCL § 9022]—(NRS A
1977, 183; 1985,
501)
NRS 64.080 “Property” defined. “Property”
includes both real and personal property.
[Part 1911 CPA § 533; RL § 5475; NCL § 9022]—(NRS A
1977, 183; 1985,
501)
NRS 64.090 “Real property” defined. “Real
property” is coextensive with lands, tenements and hereditaments.
[Part 1911 CPA § 533; RL § 5475; NCL § 9022]—(NRS A
1977, 183; 1985,
501)
NRS 64.100 “State” defined. “State”
when applied to the different parts of the United States includes the District
of Columbia and the territories.
[Part 1911 CPA § 533; RL § 5475; NCL § 9022]—(NRS A
1977, 183; 1985,
501)
NRS 64.110 “United States” defined. “United
States” may include the District of Columbia and territories or insular
possessions.
[Part 1911 CPA § 533; RL § 5475; NCL § 9022]—(NRS A
1977, 183; 1985,
501)
NRS 64.120 “Will” defined. “Will”
includes a codicil.
[Part 1911 CPA § 533; RL § 5475; NCL § 9022]—(NRS A
1977, 183; 1985,
501)
NRS 64.130 “Writ” defined. “Writ”
signifies an order or precept in writing, issued in the name of the State or of
a court or judicial officer.
[Part 1911 CPA § 533; RL § 5475; NCL § 9022]—(NRS A
1977, 183; 1985,
501)
NRS 64.140 “Writing” defined. “Writing”
includes printing and typewriting.
[Part 1911 CPA § 533; RL § 5475; NCL § 9022]—(NRS A
1977, 183; 1985,
501)
NRS 64.150 Interpretation. As
used in this title, every mode of oral statement, under oath or affirmation, is
embraced by the term “testify,” and every written one in the term “depose.”
[Part 1911 CPA § 533; RL § 5475; NCL § 9022]—(NRS A
1977, 183; 1985,
501)
NRS 64.160 Signature by mark. As
used in this title, signature or subscription includes mark when the person
cannot write, his or her name being written near it by a person who writes his
or her own name as a witness; but when a signature is by mark it must, in order
that it may be acknowledged or may serve as the signature to any sworn
statement, be witnessed by two persons who must subscribe their own names as
witnesses thereto.
[Part 1911 CPA § 533; RL § 5475; NCL § 9022]—(NRS A
1977, 183; 1985,
501)
