Terms Used In California Codes > Government Code > Title 1 > Division 1 > Chapter 1 > Article 3.5 - Colorado River Boundary Compact

• Allegation: something that someone says happened.
• Caucus: From the Algonquian Indian language, a caucus meant "to meet together." An informal organization of members of the legislature that exists to discuss issues of mutual concern and possibly to perform legislative research and policy planning for its members. There are regional, political or ideological, ethnic, and economic-based caucuses.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• department: means the Department of Veterans Affairs. See California Military and Veterans Code 690
• Department: means the Department of Transportation. See California Government Code 14002.5
• Juror: A person who is on the jury.
• Person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See California Code of Civil Procedure 17
• Process: signifies a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See California Code of Civil Procedure 17
• State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Government Code 18
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
• Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.
• Voir dire: The process by which judges and lawyers select a petit jury from among those eligible to serve, by questioning them to determine knowledge of the facts of the case and a willingness to decide the case only on the evidence presented in court. "Voir dire" is a phrase meaning "to speak the truth."