31-15-2. Definitions.
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As used in the Public Defender Act:
A. "chief" means the chief public defender;
B. "commission" means the public defender commission;
C. "court" means the district, metropolitan and magistrate courts of this state;
D. "department" means the public defender department;
E. "district" means a public defender district; and
F. "judge" means a judge of the district or metropolitan court or a magistrate.
History: 1953 Comp., § 41-22A-3, enacted by Laws 1973, ch. 156, § 2; 1985, ch. 32, § 1; 2013, ch. 195, § 3.