California Codes > Financial Code > Division 1.1 > Chapter 16 > Article 1 – General Provisions
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- City: includes incorporated city, city and county, municipal corporation, municipality, town and incorporated town. See California Financial Code 13
- Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
- department: means State Department of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 20
- Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
- 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.
- Lineal descendant: Direct descendant of the same ancestors.
- Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
- National Bank: A bank that is subject to the supervision of the Comptroller of the Currency. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is a bureau of the U.S. Treasury Department. A national bank can be recognized because it must have "national" or "national association" in its name. Source: OCC
- Person: includes any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company, limited liability company, syndicate, estate, trust, business trust, or organization of any kind. See California Financial Code 18
- Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
- Trustor: The person who makes or creates a trust. Also known as the grantor or settlor.
- Writing: includes any form of recorded message capable of comprehension by ordinary visual means. See California Financial Code 8