Terms Used In California Codes > Education Code > Title 1 > Division 1 > Part 19 > Chapter 2.5 > Article 5.3 - Safety Devices

• Action: includes a civil action and a special proceeding of a civil nature. See California Code of Civil Procedure 2016.020
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Court: means the trial court in which the action is pending, unless otherwise specified. See California Code of Civil Procedure 2016.020
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• Electronically stored information: means information that is stored in an electronic medium. See California Code of Civil Procedure 2016.020
• 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.
• partnership: means the School/Law Enforcement Partnership established by this section. See California Education Code 32262
• 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.
• Property: includes both personal and real property. See California Code of Civil Procedure 17