Terms Used In California Codes > Health and Safety Code > Division 3 > Chapter 1 > Article 7 - Alternative Revenues

• Board of trustees: means the legislative body of a district. See California Health and Safety Code 2002
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Control: means to prevent or reduce vectors. See California Health and Safety Code 2002
• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• District: means any mosquito abatement and vector control district created pursuant to this chapter or any of its statutory predecessors. See California Health and Safety Code 2002
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Property: means land and improvements, and includes water. See California Health and Safety Code 2002
• Vector: means any animal capable of transmitting the causative agent of human disease or capable of producing human discomfort or injury, including, but not limited to, mosquitoes, flies, mites, ticks, other arthropods, and rodents and other vertebrates. See California Health and Safety Code 2002