Terms Used In California Codes > Harbors and Navigation Code > Division 3 > Chapter 4 - Service of Process

• boxing: as used in this chapter includes "kickboxing" and "martial arts. See California Business and Professions Code 18760
• Commissioner: means any county agricultural commissioner. See California Food and Agricultural Code 26
• Department: means the Department of Food and Agriculture. See California Food and Agricultural Code 32
• Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• License: as used in this chapter also includes a "permit". See California Business and Professions Code 18631
• local agency: means county, city, regional park district, school district, community college district, or any other municipal or public corporation or district. See California Government Code 53820
• Nonresident: means a person who is not a resident of this State at the time the accident or collision occurs or at the time a cause of action or claim for relief arises against him, and also means a person who, at the time the accident or collision occurs or at the time a cause of action or claim for relief arises against him is a resident of this State but subsequently becomes a nonresident of this State. See California Harbors and Navigation Code 600
• Person: means any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, limited liability company, business trust, corporation, or company. See California Harbors and Navigation Code 19
• Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
• Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
• State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Harbors and Navigation Code 20
• Subdivision: means a subdivision of the section in which that term occurs unless some other section is expressly mentioned. See California Food and Agricultural Code 49
• Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.