Terms Used In California Codes > Streets and Highways Code > Division 7 > Part 5 > Chapter 9 - Contesting Validity of Sales and Deeds for Delinquency

• 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.
• 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}
• City: includes "city and county" and "incorporated town. See California Streets and Highways Code 15
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• County: includes "city and county. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 14
• County: includes "city and county. See California Streets and Highways Code 14
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• department: means the State Department of Health Services. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 14062
• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Medi-Cal: means the California Medical Assistance Program. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 14063
• Person: means any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, organization, limited liability company, or business trust. See California Streets and Highways Code 19
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Statute of limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights.