California Codes > Elections Code > Division 18 > Chapter 7 > Article 8 – Filing Petitions to Defeat an Initiative or Referendum
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Terms Used In California Codes > Elections Code > Division 18 > Chapter 7 > Article 8 - Filing Petitions to Defeat an Initiative or Referendum
- Department: means the Department of Human Resources. See California Government Code 19815
- Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
- Elections official: means any of the following:
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- Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
- 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.
- Measure: means any constitutional amendment or other proposition submitted to a popular vote at any election. See California Elections Code 329
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- Person: includes any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, limited liability company, business trust, corporation, or company. See California Government Code 17
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
- State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Government Code 18
- Subdivision: means a subdivision of the section in which the term occurs unless some other section is expressly mentioned. See California Government Code 10