Terms Used In California Codes > Commercial Code > Division 8 > Chapter 3 - Transfer of Certificated and Uncertificated Securities

• Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
• Bearer: means a person in possession of a negotiable instrument, document of title, or certificated security that is payable to bearer or endorsed in blank. See California Commercial Code 1201
• Board: means the Board of Psychology. See California Business and Professions Code 2902
• Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. ^Source:
• Genuine: means free of forgery or counterfeiting. See California Commercial Code 1201
• Guarantor: A party who agrees to be responsible for the payment of another party's debts should that party default. ^{Source: OCC}
• Holder: means :

  California Commercial Code 1201

• Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies.
• Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
• Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
• Person: means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, government, governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity. See California Commercial Code 1201
• 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.
• Purchaser: means a person that takes by purchase. See California Commercial Code 1201
• Right: includes remedy. See California Commercial Code 1201
• Sign: means , with present intent to authenticate or adopt a record:

  California Commercial Code 1201

• Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
• Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.