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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) “Applicable statute of limitations” means any statute of limitations which would apply in a similar case to a person not a person under disability.
(2) “Legal representative” means a guardian, conservator, personal representative, executor, or administrator duly appointed by a court having jurisdiction of any person under disability or his estate.
(3) “Person under disability” means any person who is a minor under eighteen years of age, a mental incompetent, or a person under other legal disability and who does not have a legal guardian.
(4) “Take action” means the bringing, commencement, maintenance, or prosecution of any action, suit, or proceeding to enforce any right, or the assertion of any such right in any other manner, affirmatively or by way of defense. “Take action” shall also include exercising the right to elect to receive a lump-sum payment on behalf of the plaintiff in a civil action for purposes of section 13-64-205(1)(f) when the legal representative determines that the election is in the best interest of the plaintiff.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Colorado Revised Statutes Title 13. Courts and Court Procedure § 13-81-101. Definitions - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/co/title-13-courts-and-court-procedure/co-rev-st-sect-13-81-101/
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