California Codes > Evidence Code > Division 3 > Chapter 2 – Province of Court and Jury
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- Action: includes a civil action and a criminal action. See California Evidence Code 105
- Bureau: means the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services. See California Business and Professions Code 7500.1
- Chief: means the Chief of the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services. See California Business and Professions Code 7500.1
- City: includes "city and county" and "incorporated town" but does not include "unincorporated town" or "village. See California Government Code 20
- County: includes city and county. See California Government Code 19
- Department: means the Department of Consumer Affairs. See California Business and Professions Code 7500.1
- Director: means the Director of Consumer Affairs. See California Business and Professions Code 7500.1
- Evidence: means testimony, writings, material objects, or other things presented to the senses that are offered to prove the existence or nonexistence of a fact. See California Evidence Code 140
- Hearsay: Statements by a witness who did not see or hear the incident in question but heard about it from someone else. Hearsay is usually not admissible as evidence in court.
- Law: includes constitutional, statutory, and decisional law. See California Evidence Code 160
- Local agency: as used in this division means county, city, or city and county, unless the context otherwise requires. See California Government Code 50001
- Public entity: includes a nation, state, county, city and county, city, district, public authority, public agency, or any other political subdivision or public corporation, whether foreign or domestic. See California Evidence Code 200
- Remand: When an appellate court sends a case back to a lower court for further proceedings.
- Services: means any duty or labor to be rendered by one person for another. See California Business and Professions Code 7500.1
- State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Evidence Code 220
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.