Terms Used In California Codes > Government Code > Title 2 > Division 1 > Chapter 9.1 - The Performing Arts Equitable Payroll Fund

• department: means State Department of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 20
• Donor: The person who makes a gift.
• Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}
• Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.