Terms Used In California Codes > Government Code > Title 4 > Division 3 > Part 2 > Chapter 11 - Sewers Generally

• Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
• board of supervisors: means the board of supervisors of the county within which the city or territory is situated. See California Government Code 34001
• City: includes "city and county" and "incorporated town" but does not include "unincorporated town" or "village. See California Government Code 20
• Commission: means the Public Utilities Commission created by §. See California Public Utilities Code 20
• County: includes city and county. See California Government Code 19
• County: includes city and county. See California Public Utilities Code 18
• County: includes city and county. See California Food and Agricultural Code 29
• 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}
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• legislative body: means board of trustees, city council, or other governing body of a city. See California Government Code 34000
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Person: includes any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, limited liability company, business trust, corporation, or company. See California Government Code 17
• 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
• 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
• State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Government Code 18
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Subdivision: means a subdivision of the section in which that term occurs unless some other section is expressly mentioned. See California Public Utilities Code 10