Terms Used In California Codes > Education Code > Title 1 > Division 1 > Part 11 > Chapter 11 > Article 1

• Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
• Board: means the California Library Construction and Renovation Board. See California Education Code 19952
• Claim: includes a legal or equitable right, title, estate, lien, or interest in property or cloud upon title. See California Code of Civil Procedure 760.010
• Commissioner: means any county agricultural commissioner. See California Food and Agricultural Code 26
• Committee: means the California Library Construction and Renovation Finance Committee created pursuant to Section 19972. See California Education Code 19952
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• County: includes "city and county. See California Code of Civil Procedure 17
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Department: means the Department of Food and Agriculture. See California Food and Agricultural Code 32
• Fund: means the California Library Construction and Restoration Fund created pursuant to Section 19955. See California Education Code 19952
• Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
• order: include a decree, as appropriate under the circumstances. See California Family Code 100
• 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.
• Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
• Property: includes real property, and to the extent applicable, personal property. See California Code of Civil Procedure 760.010
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Spousal support: means support of the spouse of the obligor. See California Family Code 142
• State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, or a commonwealth, territory, or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See California Family Code 145
• Support: refers to a support obligation owing on behalf of a child, spouse, or family, or an amount owing pursuant to Section 17402. See California Family Code 150