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                           RULE ARLJ 3
                       DEFINITION OF TERMS


   As used in these rules, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:

     (1)  "Court" means any court inferior to the superior court.

     (2)  "Judge" shall include every judicial officer
          authorized, alone or with others, to hold or preside
          over any court of limited jurisdiction, or any court
          inferior to the superior court which may be hereinafter established.

     (3)  "Oaths" include affirmations.

     (4)  "Prosecuting Attorney" or "prosecutor" includes deputy
          prosecuting attorneys, and city attorneys, corporation
          counsel, and their deputies and assistants, or such
          other persons as may be designated by statute or court rule.

     (5)  "Offenses against the State" shall, wherever
          appropriate, include offenses against a county or a
          city by virtue of violation of an ordinance or resolution.

     (6)  "City" shall be construed to include towns.

     (7)  "State", whenever appropriate, shall include a city or town.


[Amended effective September 1, 1989.]
	

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