Terms Used In California Codes > Public Utilities Code > Division 4 > Chapter 5 - Electrical Line Construction

• Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
• Buyer: has the meaning set forth in subdivision (c) of §. See California Penal Code 574
• Commission: means the Public Utilities Commission created by §. See California Public Utilities Code 20
• Conditional sale contract: has the meaning set forth in subdivision (a) of §. See California Penal Code 574
• County: includes city and county. See California Water Code 14
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• Direct loan agreement: means an agreement between a lender and a purchaser whereby the lender has advanced funds pursuant to a loan secured by the motor vehicle which the purchaser has purchased. See California Penal Code 574
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• lease contract: includes a lease for business or commercial purposes. See California Penal Code 574
• Motor vehicle: means any vehicle required to be registered under the Vehicle Code. See California Penal Code 574
• negligently: import a want of such attention to the nature or probable consequences of the act or omission as a prudent man ordinarily bestows in acting in his own concerns. See California Penal Code 7
• Person: means any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, limited liability company, or company. See California Water Code 19
• Person: means an individual, company, firm, association, partnership, trust, corporation, limited liability company, or other legal entity. See California Penal Code 574
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• property: includes property real and personal. See California Civil Code 14
• Purchaser: has the meaning set forth in paragraph (30) of subdivision (b) of §. See California Penal Code 574
• Seller: has the meaning set forth in subdivision (b) of §. See California Penal Code 574
• 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.
• State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Water Code 18
• Subdivision: means a subdivision of the section in which that term occurs unless some other section is expressly mentioned. See California Public Utilities Code 10
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
• United States: means the United States of America, and in relation to any particular matter includes the officers, agents, employees, agencies, or instrumentalities authorized to act in relation thereto. See California Water Code 20