Terms Used In California Codes > Government Code > Title 2 > Division 1 > Chapter 13.4 > Article 1 - Legislative Findings

• Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Department: means the Department of General Services. See California Government Code 14837
• Director: means the Director of General Services. See California Government Code 14837
• Disabled veteran business enterprise: means an enterprise that has been certified as meeting the qualifications established by paragraph (7) of subdivision (b) of §. See California Government Code 14837
• office: means the Office of Emergency Services. See California Penal Code 14113
• Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
• Property: includes both personal and real property. See California Code of Civil Procedure 17
• Small business: means an independently owned and operated business that is not dominant in its field of operation, the principal office of which is located in California, the officers of which are domiciled in California, and which, together with affiliates, has 100 or fewer employees, and average annual gross receipts of ten million dollars ($10,000,000) or less over the previous three years, or is a manufacturer, as defined in subdivision (c), with 100 or fewer employees. See California Government Code 14837
• state agency: includes every state office, officer, department, division, bureau, board, and commission. See California Government Code 11000
• Will: includes codicil. See California Code of Civil Procedure 17
• Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.
• Writ: means an order or precept in writing, issued in the name of the people, or of a court or judicial officer. See California Code of Civil Procedure 17