Nev. EDCR 5.102

As amended through October 9, 2024
Rule 5.102 - General terms and definitions
(a) Affidavit. Unless the context indicates otherwise, "affidavit" includes an affidavit, a sworn declaration, and an unsworn declaration under penalty of perjury.
(b) Child custody proceeding. A "child custody proceeding" is any proceeding in which legal custody, physical custody, or visitation with respect to a minor child is an issue.
(c) Close of discovery. Unless otherwise ordered by the court, or otherwise required by another rule or statute, the expression "close of discovery" or references to a date by which discovery is due refers to the date by which discovery is to be completed, not the date on which it is to be requested.
(d) Day. A "day" is a 24-hour period from 12:00 a.m. to 11:59 p.m., regardless of the day of the week it falls or whether the courts are open on that day.
(e) Domestic violence orders. A "domestic violence order" is a temporary protective order (TPO) or extended order of protection (EOP) issued by either a hearing master subject to the approval of a district court judge or directly by a district court judge.
(f) Family division matters. A "family division matter" is any matter heard in the family division.
(g) Judge or court. Unless the context indicates otherwise, the term "judge" or "court" means the presiding judicial officer, whether a district court judge, hearing master, commissioner, or similar presiding officer, and references in other statutes or rules to the title of any judicial officer will be construed as referring to the judicial officer performing that function in the family division.
(h) NRCP. Unless the context indicates otherwise, references to "the NRCP" are to the current version of the Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure.
(i) Order. Unless the context indicates otherwise, "order" includes any disposition, decree, judgment, injunction, etc., issued by a court and filed by the clerk.
(j) Party. Unless the context indicates otherwise, "a party" means a party personally, if unrepresented, or that party's counsel of record, if represented.
(k) Disobedient party. Unless the context indicates otherwise, a "disobedient party" means any party that has been directed in an order or judgment to execute a conveyance of land, deliver deeds or other documents, or perform any other specified act, and has failed to comply within the time specified.
(l) Pleadings, papers, filings, and documents. "Pleadings" and "papers" are the documents listed in the NRCP. Unless the context indicates otherwise, "filings" and "documents" are papers filed in an action.
(m) Sanctions. Unless the context indicates otherwise, "sanctions" includes:
(1) Sums payable as the court directs;
(2) An award of attorney fees and costs to the opposing party; and
(3) Procedural or substantive orders, such as dismissal, default, or other order.
(n) Service. Unless the context indicates otherwise, "service" means the providing of documents to a party in accordance with the statutes, rules, and court orders relevant to them. "Service" has the meaning described in the NRCP. Nothing in these rules permits service of a document by any means not provided for service of that document by other statute, rule, or court order. Unless the context indicates otherwise, "service" means the initiation of service by depositing papers into the mail, transmitting electronically, etc., not the receipt of the service.

Nev. EDCR 5.102

Added effective 1/27/2017; amended effective 6/10/2022.