Terms Used In California Codes > Civil Code > Division 4 > Part 5 > Chapter 10 > Article 3 - Alternative Dispute Resolution Prerequisite to Civil Action

• Allotment trust land: means land held by the United States under the Indian General Allotment Act of 1887, as amended, (Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 331) of Title 25 of the United States Code), in trust for an individual Indian or for two or more Indians holding individual interests in common. See California Military and Veterans Code 987.53
• 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
• Amortization: Paying off a loan by regular installments.
• Appraisal: A determination of property value.
• 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" 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
• Condominium: means an estate in real property consisting of an undivided interest in common in a portion of a parcel of real property together with a separate interest in space in a residential building on the real property, such as an apartment, which, in the sole opinion of the department, meets minimum property standards as defined by the department. See California Military and Veterans Code 987.53
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Cooperative dwelling unit: means a unit in a development owned by a stock cooperative as defined in subdivision (m) of §. See California Military and Veterans Code 987.53
• Cooperative dwelling unit ownership documents: means cooperative housing stock together with any occupancy agreements or similar arrangements between the stock company and the owner of the cooperative housing stock. See California Military and Veterans Code 987.53
• Cooperative housing stock: means a certificate of stock, a certificate of membership, or other evidence of ownership of an interest, in a stock cooperative as defined in subdivision (m) of §. See California Military and Veterans Code 987.53
• County: includes city and county. See California Public Utilities Code 18
• department: means the Department of Veterans Affairs. See California Military and Veterans Code 690
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• 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

• Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
• Farm: means a tract of land, which, in the opinion of the department, is capable of producing sufficient income to provide payment of the amortized contract installments, including principal, interest, and taxes. See California Military and Veterans Code 987.53
• Home: includes all of the following:

  California Military and Veterans Code 987.53

• home-to-school transportation: includes all of the following:

  California Education Code 41850

• Immediate family: means the spouse or registered domestic partner of a purchaser, the natural or adopted dependent children of the purchaser, and the parents of the purchaser if they are dependent on the purchaser for 50 percent or more of their support. See California Military and Veterans Code 987.53
• Indian beneficiary: means an Indian for whom land is held in trust by the United States government. See California Military and Veterans Code 987.53
• Indian veteran: means a veteran, as defined in Section 980, who, in addition, either belongs to an Indian tribe, band, group, reservation, rancheria, or community which is recognized by the United States as eligible for services from the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs or is an Indian beneficiary and who is eligible under this article for purchase by the department of a home or farm sited on trust land. See California Military and Veterans Code 987.53
• Initial payment: means the first payment to be made by a purchaser to the department or the seller for a farm or home. See California Military and Veterans Code 987.53
• Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. ^{Source: OCC}
• interment: include cremation, except that the election of the form of interment as between burial and cremation shall be made pursuant to the first paragraph of §. See California Military and Veterans Code 940.5
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• local governmental jurisdictions: means the tribal governing body. See California Military and Veterans Code 987.53
• Mobilehome: means either a parcel of real estate, or an undivided interest in common in a portion of a parcel of real property, on which is sited one or more mobilehome modules, or a site in a mobilehome park, as defined in §. See California Military and Veterans Code 987.53
• module: means a section of a mobilehome at least 10 feet wide and at least 40 feet long. See California Military and Veterans Code 987.53
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Participation contract: means an obligation secured by a deed of trust or mortgage, or other security interest, to include, but not be limited to, mortgage-backed securities, established pursuant to regulations of the department. See California Military and Veterans Code 987.53
• Purchase price: means the price that is paid for the acquisition of any farm or home. See California Military and Veterans Code 987.53
• Purchaser: means a veteran or any person who has entered into a contract of purchase of a farm or home from the department. See California Military and Veterans Code 987.53
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• Revocable trust: A trust agreement that can be canceled, rescinded, revoked, or repealed by the grantor (person who establishes the trust).
• Selling price: means the price for which any farm or home is sold. See California Military and Veterans Code 987.53
• special education transportation: means either of the following:

  California Education Code 41850

• Spouse: includes "registered domestic partner" as required by §. See California Military and Veterans Code 19
• State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Public Utilities Code 17
• Suitable institutions of learning: as used in this article , includes postgraduate schools of colleges, universities, or other institutions of learning, but does not include educational institutions whose enrollment of students receiving federal or state veteran subsidy exceeds 85 percent of their total enrollment. See California Military and Veterans Code 981.15
• Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
• Tribal trust land: means land held in trust by the United States for an Indian tribe or band. See California Military and Veterans Code 987.53
• Tribe: means any Indian tribe, band, group, reservation, rancheria, or community which is recognized by the United States as eligible for services from the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs. See California Military and Veterans Code 987.53
• veteran: means a person honorably discharged from the armed forces of the United States, including, but not limited to, the Philippine Commonwealth Army, the Regular Scouts ("Old Scouts"), and the Special Philippine Scouts ("New Scouts"). See California Military and Veterans Code 940
• war: shall mean : (a) whenever Congress has declared war and peace has not been formally restored. See California Military and Veterans Code 18
• will: includes codicil. See California Civil Code 14