Terms Used In California Codes > Health and Safety Code > Division 13 > Part 2.5 > Chapter 5 - Appeals and Enforcement

• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• County: includes "city and county. See California Labor Code 14
• Department: means Department of Industrial Relations. See California Labor Code 19
• Director: means Director of Industrial Relations. See California Labor Code 20
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Labor Commissioner: means Chief of the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement. See California Labor Code 21
• Person: means any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, limited liability company, or company. See California Health and Safety Code 19
• public works: means all of the following:

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• State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Health and Safety Code 23
• Violation: includes a failure to comply with any requirement of the code. See California Labor Code 22