§ 1209 (a) The following acts or omissions in respect to a court of …
§ 1209.5 When a court of competent jurisdiction makes an order compelling a …
§ 1210 Every person dispossessed or ejected from any real property by the …
§ 1211 (a) When a contempt is committed in the immediate view and …
§ 1211.5 At all stages of all proceedings, the affidavit or statement of …
§ 1212 When the contempt is not committed in the immediate view and presence …
§ 1213 Whenever a warrant of attachment is issued pursuant to this title the …
§ 1214 Upon executing the warrant of attachment, the officer executing the …
§ 1215 The person arrested must be discharged from the arrest upon executing …
§ 1216 The officer must return the warrant of arrest and undertaking, if …
§ 1217 When the person arrested has been brought up or appeared, the court …
§ 1218 (a) Upon the answer and evidence taken, the court or judge shall …
§ 1218.5 (a) If the contempt alleged is for failure to pay child, family, …
§ 1219 (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), if the …
§ 1219.5 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (d), in any case in which …
§ 1220 When the warrant of arrest has been returned served, if the person …
§ 1221 Whenever, by the provisions of this title, an officer is required to …
§ 1222 The judgment and orders of the court or judge, made in cases of …

Terms Used In California Codes > Code of Civil Procedure > Part 3 > Title 5 - OF CONTEMPTS

  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • board: as used in this chapter means the Medical Board of California. See California Business and Professions Code 2002
  • Board: means the Medical Board of California. See California Business and Professions Code 2506
  • certificate: as used in this chapter are deemed to be synonomous. See California Business and Professions Code 2040
  • Chambers: A judge's office.
  • County: includes city and county. See California Business and Professions Code 17
  • Division of Licensing: shall be deemed to refer to the board. See California Business and Professions Code 2002
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Juror: A person who is on the jury.
  • Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See California Code of Civil Procedure 17
  • National Credit Union Administration: The federal regulatory agency that charters and supervises federal credit unions. (NCUA also administers the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund, which insures the deposits of federal credit unions.) Source: OCC
  • Oath: includes an affirmation or declaration. See California Code of Civil Procedure 17
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See California Code of Civil Procedure 17
  • 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
  • Process: signifies a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See California Code of Civil Procedure 17
  • Property: includes both personal and real property. See California Code of Civil Procedure 17
  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • Sheriff: includes marshal. See California Code of Civil Procedure 17
  • Subpoena duces tecum: A command to a witness to produce documents.
  • Testify: includes any mode of oral statement made under oath or affirmation. See California Code of Civil Procedure 17
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Victim advocate: work with prosecutors and assist the victims of a crime.
  • Will: includes codicil. See California Code of Civil Procedure 17
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.
  • Writ: means an order or precept in writing, issued in the name of the people, or of a court or judicial officer. See California Code of Civil Procedure 17