Terms Used In California Codes > Family Code > Division 10 > Part 3 > Chapter 2 - Issuance and Effect of Emergency Protective Order

• Abduct: means take, entice away, keep, withhold, or conceal. See California Family Code 6240
• Allegation: something that someone says happened.
• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• City: includes city and county. See California Harbors and Navigation Code 15
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• County: includes city and county. See California Harbors and Navigation Code 14
• County: includes city and county. See California Family Code 67
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Judicial officer: means a judge, commissioner, or referee designated under Section 6241. See California Family Code 6240
• Law enforcement officer: means one of the following officers who requests or enforces an emergency protective order under this part:

  California Family Code 6240

• Person: includes a natural person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, limited liability company, or public entity. See California Family Code 105
• State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Water Code 18
• State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Harbors and Navigation Code 20
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Subdivision: means a subdivision of the section in which that term occurs unless some other section is expressly mentioned. See California Water Code 10