10JDCR 1.3

(a) “Case” includes all actions and proceedings of every kind.

(b) “Civil action” means all actions other than criminal, family, guardianship, and juvenile cases.

(c) “Court” means the Tenth Judicial District Court of Nevada.

(d) “Emergency” means an unforeseen combination of circumstances or the resulting state that calls for immediate court action to avoid irreparable harm to a party or child of a party.

(e) “Electronic filing system is being used” means that at least one party is using the electronic filing system. If all the parties are using the electronic filing system, then all parties are governed by the electronic filing provision. If at least one party is not using the electronic filing system, then any party that is using the electronic filing system is governed by the electronic filing provision, and any party that is not using the electronic filing system must follow the rules governing paper filing.

(f) “Guardianship cases” means those cases governed by NRS Chapters 159 and 159A.

(g) “Indian child” means an unmarried person under the age of 18 who is either a member of a federally recognized Indian tribe, or eligible for membership in a federally recognized Indian tribe and the biological child of a member of an Indian tribe.

(h) “Juvenile cases” are cases covered under NRS Title 5 and NRS Chapter 432B cases.

(i) “Judicial clerk” means the court clerk, deputy clerks, and the clerk’s staff.

(j) “Juvenile court” means the district judge who is assigned to serve as a judge of the juvenile court pursuant to NRS 62B.010. The term includes a master who is performing an act on behalf of the juvenile court if:

(1) The juvenile court delegates certain authority to the juvenile court master to perform the certain acts and make recommendations in accordance with the statutes and the Constitution of the State of Nevada; and

(2) The master performs the act within the limits of the authority so delegated.

(k) A “motion” includes all requests for an order, other than initial pleadings, regardless of the title a party puts on the paper.

(l) “Papers” are all documents filed with the court, other than pleadings.

(m) “Party” means the person who files a legal action or the person’s legal representative, or a person named in a pleading as the person against whom a claim in the pleading is made or that person’s legal representative.

(n) “Person” includes natural persons, corporations, firms, associations, and all other entities.

(o) “Pleading” is defined by NRCP 7. An initial original petition is also a pleading.

(p) A “related case” is one in which:

(1) Both actions involve one or more of the same parties on both sides of the case; or a person or entity that has or had a business relationship with a party, for example, a stockholder, partner, creditor, or debtor; and both actions include the same or a similar claim;

(2) Both actions involve the same property, transaction, or event;

(3) Both actions involve similar questions of fact and law and their assignment to the same judge is likely to effect a substantial savings of judicial effort, either because the same result would follow in both actions or otherwise; or

(4) For any other reason, it would result in substantial duplication of labor if the actions were heard by different judges.

(q) “Service” means providing a copy of a pleading or paper to another party or person. A summons and complaint are served as set out in NRCP 4, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, and 4.4. Pleadings and papers filed after an original complaint and summons are served as set out in NRCP 5.