Terms Used In California Codes > Corporations Code > Title 4 > Division 2 > Chapter 1 - Definitions and General Provisions

• clerk: means the engrossing and enrolling clerk or the employee who performs the duties of engrossing and enrolling clerk when no employee is so designated by name. See California Government Code 9500
• committee: means the engrossing and enrolling committee of the house ordering the engrossing or enrolling of a bill or other document or the committee of such house which performs the duties of engrossing and enrolling committee when no committee is so designated by name. See California Government Code 9501
• Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
• Person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See California Corporations Code 18
• security: includes all of the things enumerated in Section 25019 and also includes shares, stock, and investment certificates as defined in the Savings Association Law. See California Corporations Code 27001
• State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Education Code 77
• 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.