Terms Used In California Codes > Code of Civil Procedure > Part 3 > Title 7 > Chapter 5 > Article 1 - Jurisdiction and Venue

• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Attendance: means the number of children present at a preschool facility. See California Education Code 8205
• Authority: means the California Health Facilities Financing Authority established pursuant to §. See California Health and Safety Code 1179.51
• Authority: means the California Health Facilities Financing Authority established pursuant to §. See California Health and Safety Code 1179.82
• California state preschool program: means those programs that offer part-day or full-day, or both, educational programs for eligible three- and four-year-old children. See California Education Code 8205
• Children with exceptional needs: means either of the following:

  California Education Code 8205

• City: includes "city and county. See California Insurance Code 15
• Commissioner: means the Insurance Commissioner of this State. See California Insurance Code 20
• Committee: means the Children's Hospital Bond Act Finance Committee created pursuant to Section 1179. See California Health and Safety Code 1179.51
• Committee: means the Children's Hospital Bond Act Finance Committee created pursuant to Section 1179. See California Health and Safety Code 1179.82
• Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
• Construction: includes :

  California Streets and Highways Code 29

• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• County: includes "city and county. See California Insurance Code 14
• County: includes "city and county. See California Code of Civil Procedure 17
• County: includes "city and county. See California Streets and Highways Code 14
• Department: means the Department of Transportation of this state. See California Streets and Highways Code 20
• Director: means "State Director of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 21
• Family childcare home education network: means an entity organized under law that contracts with the department to make payments to licensed family childcare home providers and to provide educational and support services to those providers and to children and families eligible for California state preschool program services. See California Education Code 8205
• Four-year-old children: means children who will have their fourth birthday on or before December 1 of the fiscal year in which they are enrolled in a California state preschool program, or a child whose fifth birthday occurs after September 1 of the fiscal year in which they are enrolled in a California state preschool and whose parent or guardian has opted to retain or enroll them in a California state preschool program. See California Education Code 8205
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• Fund: means the Children's Hospital Bond Act Fund created pursuant to Section 1179. See California Health and Safety Code 1179.51
• Fund: means the Children's Hospital Bond Act Fund created pursuant to Section 1179. See California Health and Safety Code 1179.82
• Grant: means the distribution of money in the fund by the authority to children's hospitals for projects pursuant to this part or to an eligible hospital pursuant to this part. See California Health and Safety Code 1179.82
• highway: includes bridges, culverts, curbs, drains, and all works incidental to highway construction, improvement, and maintenance. See California Streets and Highways Code 23
• Insurer: includes the California FAIR Plan. See California Insurance Code 1875
• Local educational agency: means a school district, a county office of education, a community college district, or a school district acting on behalf of one or more schools within the school district. See California Education Code 8205
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Person: means any person, association, organization, partnership, business trust, limited liability company, or corporation. See California Insurance Code 19
• Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
• Program: means the Children's Hospital Program established pursuant to this part. See California Health and Safety Code 1179.82
• Project: means constructing, expanding, remodeling, renovating, furnishing, equipping, financing, or refinancing of a children's hospital to be financed or refinanced with funds provided in whole or in part pursuant to this part. See California Health and Safety Code 1179.82
• State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Health and Safety Code 23
• State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Insurance Code 28
• State highway: means any highway which is acquired, laid out, constructed, improved or maintained as a State highway pursuant to constitutional or legislative authorization. See California Streets and Highways Code 24
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• Subpoena duces tecum: A command to a witness to produce documents.
• subscription: includes mark when the signer or subscriber can not write, such signer's or subscriber's name being written near the mark by a witness who writes his own name near the signer's or subscriber's name. See California Insurance Code 18
• Support services: means those services that, when combined with preschool services, help promote the healthy physical, mental, social, and emotional growth of children. See California Education Code 8205
• Teacher: means a person with the appropriate permit issued by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing who provides program supervision and instruction that includes supervision of a number of aides, volunteers, and groups of children. See California Education Code 8205
• Three-year-old children: means children who will have their third birthday on or before December 1 of the fiscal year in which they are enrolled in a California state preschool program. See California Education Code 8205
• 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.
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.