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Terms Used In California Codes > Public Utilities Code > Division 10 > Part 15 > Chapter 4 - Government of District
- Alternative dispute resolution: means mediation, arbitration, conciliation, or other nonjudicial procedure that involves a neutral party in the decisionmaking process. See California Civil Code 5925
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- 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.
- Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
- Balanced budget: A budget in which receipts equal outlays.
- Chambers: A judge's office.
- City: includes city and county and "incorporated town" but does not include "unincorporated town" or "village. See California Public Utilities Code 19
- Commission: means the Public Utilities Commission created by §. See California Public Utilities Code 20
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- 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 Public Utilities Code 18
- Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
- department: means the Department of Veterans Affairs. See California Military and Veterans Code 690
- Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
- Enforcement action: means a civil action or proceeding, other than a cross-complaint, for any of the following purposes:
California Civil Code 5925
- 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.
- Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
- Executive session: A portion of the Senate's daily session in which it considers executive business.
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- home-to-school transportation: includes all of the following:
California Education Code 41850
- Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
- Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
- Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
- Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
- Person: means any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, limited liability company, or company. See California Water Code 19
- property: includes property real and personal. See California Civil Code 14
- Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
- 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.
- special education transportation: means either of the following:
California Education Code 41850
- 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 Public Utilities Code 17
- will: includes codicil. See California Civil Code 14
- Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.