Terms Used In California Codes > Elections Code > Division 6 > Part 1 > Chapter 2 > Article 10 - Republican Presidential Primary Ballot

• candidate: includes any officeholder who is subject to a recall election. See California Elections Code 305
• department: means the State Department of Public Health. See California Business and Professions Code 1202
• Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}