IRLJ
                            Rule 1.2
                           DEFINITIONS

     For the purposes of these rules:

     (a) Infraction Case. "Infraction case" means a civil
proceeding initiated in a court of limited jurisdiction pursuant
to a statute that authorizes offenses to be punished as infractions.

     (b) Notice of Infraction. "Notice of infraction" means a
document initiating an infraction case when issued and filed
pursuant to statute and these rules.

     (c) Defendant. "Defendant" means a person cited for an
infraction, a registered owner of a vehicle cited for a parking
infraction, or the person who responds to the parking infraction
or the requests of a hearing.

          (d) Court. "Court" means a court of limited
jurisdiction organized pursuant to RCW Title 3, RCW Title 35, or
RCW Title 35A.

     (e) Judgment. "Judgment" means any final decision in an
infraction case, including, but not limited to, a finding entered
after a hearing governed by these rules or after payment of a
monetary penalty in lieu of a hearing.

     (f) Plaintiff. "Plaintiff" means the governmental unit
issuing the notice of infraction, including, but not limited to,
the state, a county, or a municipality.

     (g) Department. "Department" means the Washington State
Department of Licensing.

     (h) Lawyer. "Lawyer" means any person authorized by Supreme
Court rule to practice law.

     (i) Statute. "Statute" means any state statute, local or
county ordinance, resolution, or regulation, or agency
regulation.

     (j) Citing Officer. "Citing officer" means a law enforcement
officer or other official authorized by law to issue a notice of infraction.

     (k) Prosecuting Authority. "Prosecuting authority" includes
prosecuting attorneys, city attorneys, corporation counsel, and
their deputies and assistants, or such other persons as may be
designated by statute.

     (l) Judge. "Judge" means any judge of any court of limited
jurisdiction and shall include every judicial officer authorized
to preside over infraction cases.

     (m) Community Restitution. "Community restitution" means
compulsory service, without compensation, performed for the
benefit of the community by the defendant.


[Adopted effective September 1, 1992; amended effective June 2, 1998;
amended effective January 3, 2006.]