§ 1985 (a) The process by which the attendance of a witness is required …
§ 1985.1 Any person who is subpoenaed to appear at a session of court, or at …
§ 1985.2 Any subpoena which requires the attendance of a witness at any civil …
§ 1985.3 (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions …
§ 1985.4 The procedures set forth in Section 1985.3 are applicable to a …
§ 1985.5 If a subpena requires the attendance of a witness before an officer …
§ 1985.6 (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the …
§ 1985.7 When a medical provider fails to comply with Section 1158 of the …
§ 1985.8 (a) (1) A subpoena in a civil proceeding may require that …
§ 1986 A subpoena is obtainable as follows:(a) To require attendance …
§ 1986.1 (a) No testimony or other evidence given by a journalist under …
§ 1986.5 Any person who is subpoenaed and required to give a deposition shall …
§ 1987 (a) Except as provided in Sections 68097.1 to 68097.8, …
§ 1987.1 (a) If a subpoena requires the attendance of a witness or the …
§ 1987.2 (a) Except as specified in subdivision (c), in making an order …
§ 1987.3 When a subpoena duces tecum is served upon a custodian of records or …
§ 1987.5 The service of a subpoena duces tecum is invalid unless at the time …
§ 1988 If a witness is concealed in a building or vessel, so as to prevent …
§ 1989 A witness, including a witness specified in subdivision (b) of …
§ 1990 A person present in Court, or before a judicial officer, may be …
§ 1991 Disobedience to a subpoena, or a refusal to be sworn, or to answer as …
§ 1991.1 Disobedience to a subpoena requiring attendance of a witness before …
§ 1991.2 The provisions of Section 1991 do not apply to any act or omission …
§ 1992 A person failing to appear pursuant to a subpoena or a court order …
§ 1993 (a) (1) As an alternative to issuing a warrant for contempt …
§ 1993.1 (a) If authorized by the court as provided by paragraph (11) of …
§ 1993.2 If a person arrested on a civil bench warrant issued pursuant to …
§ 1994 Every warrant of commitment, issued by a court or officer pursuant to …
§ 1995 If the witness be a prisoner, confined in a jail within this state, …
§ 1996 Such order can only be made on the motion of a party, upon affidavit …
§ 1997 If the witness be imprisoned in a jail in the county where the action …

Terms Used In California Codes > Code of Civil Procedure > Part 4 > Title 3 > Chapter 2 - Means of Production

  • Administrative agency: means the state agency responsible for programming bond funds made available by Chapter 12. See California Government Code 8879.50
  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • 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.
  • Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
  • Baseline: Projection of the receipts, outlays, and other budget amounts that would ensue in the future without any change in existing policy. Baseline projections are used to gauge the extent to which proposed legislation, if enacted into law, would alter current spending and revenue levels.
  • City: includes "city and county" and "incorporated town" but does not include "unincorporated town" or "village. See California Government Code 20
  • Claim: means a demand for monetary compensation or damages, arising under or relating to the performance of any public works contract. See California Public Contract Code 22200
  • Commission: means the California Transportation Commission. See California Government Code 8879.50
  • Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
  • County: includes city and county. See California Government Code 19
  • County: includes "city and county. See California Code of Civil Procedure 17
  • county: includes "city and county". See California Penal Code 7
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Department: means the Department of Transportation. See California Government Code 8879.50
  • Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.
  • director: refer to the Department of General Services and the Director of General Services, respectively, unless the context otherwise requires. See California Government Code 14602
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Embezzlement: In most states, embezzlement is defined as theft/larceny of assets (money or property) by a person in a position of trust or responsibility over those assets. Embezzlement typically occurs in the employment and corporate settings. Source: OCC
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
  • Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
  • Fund: means the Highway Safety, Traffic Reduction, Air Quality, and Port Security Fund of 2006 created pursuant to Section 8879. See California Government Code 8879.22
  • Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
  • Habeas corpus: A writ that is usually used to bring a prisoner before the court to determine the legality of his imprisonment. It may also be used to bring a person in custody before the court to give testimony, or to be prosecuted.
  • Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. Source: OCC
  • judicial branch entity: means any superior court, court of appeal, the California Supreme Court, the Judicial Council, the Habeas Corpus Resource Center, or the Administrative Office of the Courts. See California Public Contract Code 19205
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • National Bank: A bank that is subject to the supervision of the Comptroller of the Currency. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is a bureau of the U.S. Treasury Department. A national bank can be recognized because it must have "national" or "national association" in its name. Source: OCC
  • Person: includes any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, limited liability company, business trust, corporation, or company. See California Government Code 17
  • Person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See California Code of Civil Procedure 17
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See California Penal Code 7
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
  • Process: includes a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings of either a civil or criminal nature. See California Government Code 22
  • Process: signifies a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See California Code of Civil Procedure 17
  • project: includes equipment purchase, construction, right-of-way acquisition, and project delivery costs. See California Government Code 8879.50
  • property: includes both real and personal property. See California Penal Code 7
  • Public defender: Represent defendants who can't afford an attorney in criminal matters.
  • Public works contract: means , except for a contract awarded pursuant to the State Contract Act (Part 2 (commencing with Section 10100)), a contract awarded through competitive bids or otherwise by the state, any of its political subdivisions or public agencies for the erection, construction, alteration, repair, or improvement of any kind upon real property. See California Public Contract Code 22200
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Recipient agency: means the recipient of bond funds made available by Chapter 12. See California Government Code 8879.50
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • Sheriff: includes marshal. See California Code of Civil Procedure 17
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Government Code 18
  • State: includes the District of Columbia and the territories when applied to the different parts of the United States, and the words "United States" may include the district and territories. See California Code of Civil Procedure 17
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the district and territories. See California Penal Code 7
  • state agency: includes every state office, officer, department, division, bureau, board, and commission. See California Government Code 11000
  • Subdivision: means a subdivision of the section in which the term occurs unless some other section is expressly mentioned. See California Government Code 10
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Subpoena duces tecum: A command to a witness to produce documents.
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • Will: includes codicil. See California Code of Civil Procedure 17
  • Writing: includes printing and typewriting. See California Code of Civil Procedure 17