§ 1 This code shall be known as the Family Code.
§ 2 A provision of this code, insofar as it is substantially the same as …
§ 3 A provision of this code, insofar as it is the same in substance as a …
§ 4 (a) As used in this section:(1) “New law” means either of …
§ 5 Division, part, chapter, article, and section headings do not in any …
§ 6 Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, the general …
§ 7 Whenever a reference is made to a portion of this code or to another …
§ 8 Unless otherwise expressly stated:(a) “Division” means a …
§ 9 The present tense includes the past and future tenses, and the …
§ 10 The singular number includes the plural, and the plural, the …
§ 11 A reference to “husband” and “wife,” “spouses,” or “married persons,” …
§ 12 “Shall” is mandatory and “may” is permissive. “Shall not” and “may …
§ 13 If a provision or clause of this code or its application to any …
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Terms Used In California Codes > Family Code > Division 1 > Part 1 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • assessed value: means 25 percent of full value to, and including, the 1980-81 fiscal year, and 100 percent of full value for the 1981-82 fiscal year and fiscal years thereafter. See California Government Code 25
  • Bureau: means the Cemetery and Funeral Bureau. See California Business and Professions Code 7601
  • 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
  • Legislative body: as used in this division , means board of supervisors in the case of a county or city and county, and city council or board of trustees in the case of a city, unless the context otherwise requires. See California Government Code 50002
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • order: include a decree, as appropriate under the circumstances. See California Family Code 100
  • 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
  • Person: includes a natural person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, limited liability company, or public entity. See California Family Code 105
  • Proceeding: includes an action. See California Family Code 110
  • Secretary: means the Secretary of Food and Agriculture. See California Food and Agricultural Code 35