Terms Used In California Codes > Education Code > Title 3 > Division 7 > Part 45 > Chapter 3 > Article 1 - General Provisions

• Bequest: Property gifted by will.
• certificate: as used in this chapter are deemed to be synonomous. See California Business and Professions Code 2040
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• County: includes city and county. See California Business and Professions Code 17
• County: includes city and county. See California Food and Agricultural Code 29
• Department: means the Department of Food and Agriculture. See California Food and Agricultural Code 32
• Devise: To gift property by will.
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• license: means license, certificate, registration, or other means to engage in a business or profession regulated by this code or referred to in Section 1000 or 3600. See California Business and Professions Code 23.7
• Licensing authority: means the board, which has jurisdiction over a particular licensee. See California Business and Professions Code 2421
• 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.
• Person: means any individual, partnership, association, corporation, limited liability company, or any organized group of persons whether incorporated or not. See California Food and Agricultural Code 38
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Business and Professions Code 21
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.