California Codes > Insurance Code > Division 1 > Part 2 > Chapter 4 > Article 4 – Actions Against Nonadmitted Insurers
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- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- 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
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- County: includes city and county. See California Health and Safety Code 14
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- department: means the State Department of Health Care Services and "director" means the Director of Health Care Services. See California Health and Safety Code 11752
- Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Foreign: means not organized under the laws of this State, whether or not admitted. See California Insurance Code 27
- Person: means any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, limited liability company, or company. See California Health and Safety Code 19
- Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
- Resident: means residing in this State, "nonresident" means not residing in this State. See California Insurance Code 30
- 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 Health and Safety Code 23
- State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Insurance Code 28
- Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.