(a)The Defendant. "The defendant" is a person named as such in a complaint, indictment, or information. "The defendant" as used in these rules includes an arrested person who at the time of arrest is not named in a charging document. "The defendant" in the context of certain rules includes the attorney who represents the defendant.(b)Limited Jurisdiction Court. A "limited jurisdiction court" is a justice court under A.R.S. §§ 22-101 et seq., or a municipal court under A.R.S. §§ 22-401 et seq.(c)Magistrate. "Magistrate" means an officer having power to issue a warrant for the arrest of a person charged with a public offense and includes the Chief Justice and justices of the Supreme Court, judges of the superior court, judges of the court of appeals, justices of the peace, and judges of a municipal court.(d) Parties. "Parties" means the State of Arizona and the defendants in a case. Use of the word "party" in these rules means either, or any, party.(e)Person. "Person" includes an entity.(f)Presiding Judge.(1)For the Superior Court. The superior court presiding judge is the county's presiding judge. In a county that has only one superior court judge, that judge is the presiding judge. In other counties, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court designates the presiding judge, who may appoint other judges to carry out one or more of the presiding judge's duties.(2)For a Limited Jurisdiction Court. If a court consists only of one judge, that judge is the presiding judge. In courts having more than one judge, the presiding judge is designated by the appropriate authority.(g)The State. "The State" means the State of Arizona, or any other Arizona state or local governmental entity that files a criminal charge in an Arizona court. "The State" in the context of certain rules includes the prosecutor representing the State.(v)Victims' Rights. Victim" means a person against whom the criminal offense has been committed, including a minor, or if the person is killed or incapacitated, the person's spouse, parent, child, grandparent or sibling, any other person related to the person by consanguinity or affinity to the second degree or any other lawful representative of the person, except if the person or the person's spouse, parent, child, grandparent, sibling, other person related to the person by consanguinity or affinity to the second degree or other lawful representative is in custody for an offense or is the accused.Added August 31, 2017, effective 1/1/2018; amended Dec. 8, 2022, effective 7/1/2023.