Terms Used In California Codes > Harbors and Navigation Code > Division 3 > Chapter 5 > Article 2.9 - Accident Liability Protection for Vessels

• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Attorney-in-fact: A person who, acting as an agent, is given written authorization by another person to transact business for him (her) out of court.
• Commissioner: means the Insurance Commissioner of this State. See California Insurance Code 20
• Company: means any person engaging in, or proposing or attempting to engage in, any transaction or kind of insurance or surety business and any person or group of persons who may otherwise be subject to the administrative, regulatory, or taxing authority of the commissioner. See California Insurance Code 729
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• County: includes "city and county. See California Insurance Code 14
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Department: means the Department of Boating and Waterways. See California Harbors and Navigation Code 651
• Domestic: means organized under the laws of this State, whether or not admitted. See California Insurance Code 26
• Examiner: means any individual or firm authorized by the commissioner to conduct an examination under this article. See California Insurance Code 729
• Foreign: means not organized under the laws of this State, whether or not admitted. See California Insurance Code 27
• Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
• Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies.
• Interrogatories: Written questions asked by one party of an opposing party, who must answer them in writing under oath; a discovery device in a lawsuit.
• Person: means any person, association, organization, partnership, business trust, limited liability company, or corporation. See California Insurance Code 19
• Person: means any person, association, organization, business trust, partnership, limited liability company, or corporation, or any affiliate thereof. See California Insurance Code 729
• Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
• Resident: means residing in this State, "nonresident" means not residing in this State. See California Insurance Code 30
• State: means a state of the United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the District of Columbia. See California Harbors and Navigation Code 651
• State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Insurance Code 28
• Vessel: includes every description of a watercraft or other artificial contrivance used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water, except either of the following:

  California Harbors and Navigation Code 651