§ 52251 This chapter shall be known as the “California Seed Law.”
§ 52252 Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this …
§ 52253 “Advertisement” means representations, except those on the label, …
§ 52254 “Agricultural seed” means the seed of any domesticated grass or …
§ 52254.3 “Board” means the Seed Advisory Board.
§ 52254.4 “Certification” means to certify as to the variety, purity, quality, …
§ 52254.5 “Labeler” means any person whose name and address appears on the …
§ 52255 “Labeling” means all labels, and other written, printed, or graphic …
§ 52255.5 “Noncommercial seed sharing activity” means the receiving or giving …
§ 52256 “Noxious weed seed” means the seed or propagule of any species of …
§ 52256.5 “Person” also means any individual, partnership, corporation, trust …
§ 52257 “Prohibited noxious weed seed” means the seed or propagule of any …
§ 52257.5 “Conditioner” means any person who cleans, scarifies, or blends to …
§ 52257.6 “Process” means any modification of the form or nature of …
§ 52257.8 “Research” means any research related to the variety, purity, …
§ 52258 “Restricted noxious weed seed” means the seed or propagule of any …
§ 52259 “Vegetable seed” means the seed of any crop which is or may be grown …
§ 52260 “Weed seed” means any noxious weed seed or vegetable seeds, and any …
§ 52261 “Viability” means a description of living seeds which are capable of …
§ 52262 “Farm” means a place of agricultural production which has annual …

Terms Used In California Codes > Food and Agricultural Code > Division 18 > Chapter 2 > Article 1 - Short Title and Definitions

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
  • City: includes "city and county" and "incorporated town. See California Streets and Highways Code 15
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • County: includes "city and county. See California Streets and Highways Code 14
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • 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.
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Noxious weed seed: means the seed or propagule of any species of noxious weed, as defined in Section 5004. See California Food and Agricultural Code 52256
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Person: means any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, organization, limited liability company, or business trust. See California Streets and Highways Code 19
  • 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
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • Process: includes a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings of either a civil or criminal nature. See California Government Code 22
  • public agency: has the meaning given that term by Section 53050. See California Government Code 960
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.