Terms Used In California Codes > Civil Code > Division 3 > Part 4 > Title 1.81.49 - Family Planning Center Location Data

• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
• Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
• Subdivision: means a subdivision of the section in which the term occurs unless some other section is expressly mentioned. See California Government Code 10