California Codes > Civil Code > Division 2 > Part 2 > Title 2 > Chapter 2.7 > Article 9 – Actions, Proceedings, and Penalties
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Terms Used In California Codes > Civil Code > Division 2 > Part 2 > Title 2 > Chapter 2.7 > Article 9 - Actions, Proceedings, and Penalties
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- County: includes "city and county. See California Code of Civil Procedure 17
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- Department: means the Department of Food and Agriculture. See California Food and Agricultural Code 32
- 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.
- 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.
- Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
- Person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See California Code of Civil Procedure 17
- Property: includes both personal and real property. See California Code of Civil Procedure 17
- Property: means any right, title, or interest in or lien upon real property or part thereof. See California Code of Civil Procedure 770.010
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
- Secretary: means the Secretary of Food and Agriculture. See California Food and Agricultural Code 35
- 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.
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
- union high school: shall be deemed to mean unified school district. See California Education Code 18311