Terms Used In California Codes > Harbors and Navigation Code > Division 5 > Chapter 6 > Article 5 - Orders

• Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
• Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. ^{Source: OCC}
• Commissioner: means the Insurance Commissioner of this State. See California Insurance Code 20
• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• Person: means any person, association, organization, partnership, business trust, limited liability company, or corporation. See California Insurance Code 19
• State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Insurance Code 28