Terms Used In California Codes > Government Code > Title 8 > Chapter 5.7 > Article 1 - General Provisions

• 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.
• Building: means a single structure or connected structures. See California Government Code 70301
• Chambers: A judge's office.
• County: includes city and county. See California Health and Safety Code 14
• County facilities payment: means the amount established by Article 5 of this chapter to be paid by a county in partial exchange for relief from the responsibility for providing court facilities. See California Government Code 70301
• Court facilities: consist of all of the following:

  California Government Code 70301

• Historical building: means a building that is identified as a historical building by the county board of supervisors and is either a "qualified historical building or structure" as defined in §. See California Government Code 70301
• Maintenance: means the ongoing upkeep of buildings, equipment, grounds, and utilities required to keep a building and its systems in a condition adequate to support its designed level of service. See California Government Code 70301
• 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.
• Shared use: refers to a building which is used for both court and noncourt purposes. See California Government Code 70301
• Special improvement: means any modification that increases the designed level of services of a building, or a one-time modification of a building that is not expected to be repeated during the lifetime of the building. See California Government Code 70301
• Special repair: means modifications that maintain the designed level of services of a building and does not include a special improvement. See California Government Code 70301