Terms Used In California Codes > Business and Professions Code > Division 2 > Chapter 5.3 > Article 7 - Speech-Language Pathology Corporations and Audiology Corporations

• AANHPI: means Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander. See California Education Code 79510
• Board: means the Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensers Board. See California Business and Professions Code 2530.2
• Case law: The law as laid down in cases that have been decided in the decisions of the courts.
• Community college: means a college of the California Community College system. See California Education Code 79510
• Container: as used in this chapter , includes a "milk case. See California Food and Agricultural Code 34504
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
• Person: means any individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, or other organization or combination thereof, except that only individuals can be licensed under this chapter. See California Business and Professions Code 2530.2
• Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
• Program: means the AANHPI Student Achievement Program established pursuant to this article. See California Education Code 79510
• Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
• Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
• Statute of limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights.