Terms Used In California Codes > Health and Safety Code > Division 104 > Part 6 > Chapter 4 - Wholesale Food Processors

• Action: includes a civil action and a special proceeding of a civil nature. See California Code of Civil Procedure 2016.020
• Agency: means a depositary agency or a nondepositary agency. See California Financial Code 1750
• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
• Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
• 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.
• area median income: means the median family income of a geographic area of the state, as annually estimated by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937. See California Health and Safety Code 50093
• Basal area per acre: means the sum of the cross-sectional areas at breast height of the tree stems of commercial species per acre. See California Public Resources Code 4528
• Branch office: means a limited branch office, a retail branch office, or a wholesale branch office. See California Financial Code 1750
• Business in this state: when used with respect to a foreign (other nation) bank which is licensed to maintain one or more agencies or branch offices, includes (without limitation) the aggregate business of all the offices. See California Financial Code 1750
• Controlling person: when used with respect to a foreign (other nation) bank, means any person who, directly or indirectly, controls the bank. See California Financial Code 1750
• Controlling person: when used with respect to an uninsured foreign (other state) bank, means any person who directly or indirectly controls the bank. See California Financial Code 1710
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Core banking business: means the business of receiving deposits, paying checks, making loans, and other activities that the commissioner may specify by order or regulation. See California Financial Code 1670
• Court: means the trial court in which the action is pending, unless otherwise specified. See California Code of Civil Procedure 2016.020
• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
• Executive officer: when used with respect to a foreign (other nation) bank or a controlling person of a foreign (other nation) bank, means the chief executive officer, the chief operating officer, the chief financial officer, and any other person who participates or has authority to participate in major policymaking functions of the bank or controlling person. See California Financial Code 1750
• Executive officer: when used with respect to an uninsured foreign (other state) bank or a controlling person of an uninsured foreign (other state) bank, means the chief executive officer, the chief operating officer, the chief financial officer, and any other person who participates or has authority to participate in major policymaking functions of the bank or controlling person. See California Financial Code 1710
• Facility: when used with respect to a foreign (other state) bank, means an office in this state at which the bank engages in noncore banking business but at which it does not engage in core banking business. See California Financial Code 1670
• Federal agency: has the meaning set forth in Section 1(b) of the International Banking Act of 1978. See California Financial Code 1750
• Federal branch: has the meaning set forth in Section 1(b) of the International Banking Act of 1978. See California Financial Code 1750
• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation: A government corporation that insures the deposits of all national and state banks that are members of the Federal Reserve System. ^{Source: OCC}
• Food: as used in this chapter , includes all articles used for food, drink, confectionery, or condiment, whether simple or compound, and all substances and ingredients used in the preparation thereof. See California Health and Safety Code 111950
• Food processing establishment: as used in this chapter , shall mean any room, building, or place or portion thereof, maintained, used, or operated for the purpose of commercially storing, packaging, making, cooking, mixing, processing, bottling, canning, packing, slaughtering, or otherwise preparing or handling food except restaurants. See California Health and Safety Code 111955
• Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. ^{Source: OCC}
• Fuel break: means a strip of modified fuel to provide a line from which to work in the control of fire. See California Public Resources Code 4528
• Governing board: means the governing board of a school district or community college district, the Trustees of the California State University, and the Regents of the University of California. See California Education Code 32220
• Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. ^{Source: OCC}
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• License: means a license issued under this chapter, authorizing a foreign bank to maintain an office. See California Financial Code 1750
• License: means a license issued under this article, authorizing an uninsured foreign (other state) bank to maintain a facility. See California Financial Code 1710
• licensed: means to be issued or to hold a license. See California Financial Code 1750
• Licensed: means to be issued or to hold a license. See California Financial Code 1710
• licensed to transact business in this state: when used with respect to a foreign (other nation) bank, means that the bank is licensed to maintain an agency or branch office. See California Financial Code 1750
• National Bank: A bank that is subject to the supervision of the Comptroller of the Currency. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is a bureau of the U.S. Treasury Department. A national bank can be recognized because it must have "national" or "national association" in its name. ^{Source: OCC}
• Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
• Noncore banking business: means all activities permissible for commercial banks, industrial banks, or trust companies, except core banking business, and except those activities prohibited by law or determined by the commissioner by regulation or order not to be noncore banking business. See California Financial Code 1670
• Nondepositary agency: when used with respect to a foreign (other nation) bank, means a place in this state at which the bank transacts commercial banking business, except the business of receiving deposits. See California Financial Code 1750
• Office: when used with respect to a foreign (other nation) bank, means any agency, branch office, or representative office of the bank. See California Financial Code 1750
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See California Code of Civil Procedure 17
• Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
• Primary office: when used with respect to a foreign (other nation) bank that is licensed to maintain a single agency or branch office, means the agency or branch office and, when used with respect to a foreign (other nation) bank that is licensed to maintain two or more agencies or branch offices, means that one of the offices which the bank has designated as its primary office in accordance with Section 1766. See California Financial Code 1750
• Representative office: when used with respect to a foreign (other nation) bank, means an office in this state at which the bank engages in representational functions but at which it does not transact commercial banking business. See California Financial Code 1750
• Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
• Stocking: means a measure of the degree to which space is occupied by well-distributed countable trees. See California Public Resources Code 4528
• Stream: means a natural watercourse as designated by a solid line or dash and three dots symbol shown on the largest scale United States Geological Survey map most recently published. See California Public Resources Code 4528
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• two-way communication devices: include , but are not necessarily limited to, telephones, intercoms, walkie-talkies, or portable radios. See California Education Code 32226
• Whole business unit: has the meaning set forth in subdivision (g) of Section 4840. See California Financial Code 1670
• Wholesale branch office: when used with respect to a foreign (other nation) bank, means a place in this state at which the bank transacts commercial banking business but at which it does not transact the business of receiving deposits except as permitted under paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 1805. See California Financial Code 1750
• Will: includes codicil. See California Code of Civil Procedure 17
• Writing: includes printing and typewriting. See California Code of Civil Procedure 17