Nevada Code § 40.320

Proof required of plaintiff and defendant on trial
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1. On the trial of any proceeding for any
forcible entry or forcible detainer, the plaintiff shall only be required to
show, in addition to the forcible entry or forcible detainer complained of,
that the plaintiff was peaceably in the actual possession at the time of the
forcible entry, or was entitled to possession at the time of the forcible
detainer.
2. The defendant may show in defense that
the defendant or the defendants ancestors, or those whose interest in such
premises the defendant claims, have been in the quiet possession thereof for
the space of 1 whole year together next before the commencement of the
proceedings, and that the defendants interest therein is not then ended or
determined, and such showing is a bar to the proceedings.

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