Terms Used In California Codes > Education Code > Title 1 > Division 1 > Part 13.5 > Chapter 4 - Medicare Premium Payment Program

• Appraisal: A determination of property value.
• board: means the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration. See California Revenue and Taxation Code 20
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• County: includes city and county. See California Water Code 14
• County: includes city and county. See California Revenue and Taxation Code 15
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Oath: includes affirmation and written declarations signed under the penalties of perjury. See California Revenue and Taxation Code 17
• Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
• Person: means any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, limited liability company, or company. See California Water Code 19
• Person: includes any person, firm, partnership, general partner of a partnership, limited liability company, registered limited liability partnership, foreign limited liability partnership, association, corporation, company, syndicate, estate, trust, business trust, or organization of any kind. See California Revenue and Taxation Code 19
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
• State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Water Code 18