Terms Used In California Codes > Family Code > Division 7 > Part 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Bureau: means the Cemetery and Funeral Bureau. See California Business and Professions Code 7601
• Chambers: A judge's office.
• Community estate: includes both community property and quasi-community property. See California Family Code 63
• Department: means the Department of Consumer Affairs. See California Business and Professions Code 7601
• order: include a decree, as appropriate under the circumstances. See California Family Code 100
• person: includes any natural person, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, firm, or association. See California Government Code 7920.520
• Proceeding: includes an action. See California Family Code 110
• Property: includes real and personal property and any interest therein. See California Family Code 113
• public records: includes any writing containing information relating to the conduct of the public's business prepared, owned, used, or retained by any state or local agency regardless of physical form or characteristics. See California Government Code 7920.530
• Quasi-community property: means all real or personal property, wherever situated, acquired before or after the operative date of this code in any of the following ways:

  California Family Code 125

• Secretary: means the Secretary of Food and Agriculture. See California Food and Agricultural Code 35
• Subdivision: means a subdivision of the section in which that term occurs unless some other section is expressly mentioned. See California Food and Agricultural Code 49