Terms Used In California Codes > Education Code > Title 1 > Division 1 > Part 11 > Chapter 3 > Article 14 - Cancellation of Bonds

• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• order: include a decree, as appropriate under the circumstances. See California Family Code 100
• Person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See California Code of Civil Procedure 17
• Proceeding: includes an action. See California Family Code 110
• 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