Terms Used In California Codes > Government Code > Title 1 > Division 10 > Part 5 > Chapter 11 - Preliminary Drafts and Similar Materials

• Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. ^{Source: OCC}
• Corporation: as used in this part and Part 5 (commencing with Section 9910), refers to corporations defined in subdivisions (b), (c), and (d). See California Corporations Code 5046
• directors: means natural persons, designated in the articles or bylaws or elected by the incorporators, and their successors and natural persons designated, elected, or appointed by any other name or title to act as members of the governing body of the corporation. See California Corporations Code 5047
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• Person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See California Corporations Code 18
• public agency: means any state or local agency. See California Government Code 7920.525
• State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Education Code 77