Terms Used In California Codes > Code of Civil Procedure > Part 2 > Title 10.5 > Chapter 2 > Article 2 - Summons

• Action: means an action for partition under this title. See California Code of Civil Procedure 872.010
• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• County: includes city and county. See California Government Code 19
• department: means State Department of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 20
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• Owner-building: means the process engaged in by owner-builders in the construction of a principal residence. See California Health and Safety Code 50692
• Person: means any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, limited liability company, or company. See California Health and Safety Code 19
• Persons and families of low or moderate income: includes very low income households, as defined in Section 50105, extremely low income households, as defined in Section 50106, and lower income households as defined in Section 50079. See California Health and Safety Code 50093
• Property: includes real and personal property. See California Code of Civil Procedure 872.010
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Government Code 18
• State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Health and Safety Code 23
• Subdivision: means a subdivision of the section in which the term occurs unless some other section is expressly mentioned. See California Government Code 10
• Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.