§ 3700 When a court enters an order appointing a day upon which a judgment …
§ 3701 (a) If, after an execution date has been set, there is good …
§ 3702 (a) The prosecuting agency and the incarcerated person under …
§ 3703 (a) On decision of a petition filed pursuant to Section 3701, …
§ 3705 If there is good reason to believe that a female against whom a …
§ 3706 If it is found that the female is not pregnant, the warden must …
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Terms Used In California Codes > Penal Code > Part 3 > Title 3 > Chapter 2 - Suspension of Execution of Death Penalty: Insanity: Pregnancy

  • Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
  • 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.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • county: includes "city and county". See California Penal Code 7
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • 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.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Habeas corpus: A writ that is usually used to bring a prisoner before the court to determine the legality of his imprisonment. It may also be used to bring a person in custody before the court to give testimony, or to be prosecuted.
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • will: includes codicil. See California Penal Code 7
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.
  • writ: signifies an order or precept in writing, issued in the name of the people, or of a court or judicial officer, and the word "process" a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See California Penal Code 7