Terms Used In California Codes > Civil Code > Division 4 > Part 5 > Chapter 9 - Insurance and Liability

• Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
• Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. ^{Source: OCC}
• Local agency: as used in this division means county, city, or city and county, unless the context otherwise requires. See California Government Code 50001
• Person: includes any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, limited liability company, business trust, corporation, or company. See California Government Code 17
• Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
• property: includes property real and personal. See California Civil Code 14
• State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Government Code 18
• Statute of limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights.
• Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
• will: includes codicil. See California Civil Code 14