Terms Used In California Codes > Code of Civil Procedure > Part 2 > Title 1 - OF THE FORM OF CIVIL ACTIONS

• board: as used in this chapter means the Medical Board of California. See California Business and Professions Code 2002
• certificate: as used in this chapter are deemed to be synonomous. See California Business and Professions Code 2040
• commission: means the Student Aid Commission created by this article. See California Education Code 69515
• licensee: as used in this chapter means the holder of a physician's and surgeon's certificate or doctor of podiatric medicine's certificate, as the case may be, who is engaged in the professional practice authorized by the certificate under the jurisdiction of the appropriate board. See California Business and Professions Code 2041
• Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
• podiatric medicine: means the diagnosis, medical, surgical, mechanical, manipulative, and electrical treatment of the human foot, including the ankle and tendons that insert into the foot and the nonsurgical treatment of the muscles and tendons of the leg governing the functions of the foot. See California Business and Professions Code 2472
• Secretary: means the Secretary of Food and Agriculture. See California Food and Agricultural Code 35