Terms Used In California Codes > Public Utilities Code > Division 10 > Part 13 > Chapter 8 - Bonds

• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• 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.
• Board: means the Department of Veterans Affairs. See California Military and Veterans Code 998.054
• Board: means the Department of Veterans Affairs. See California Military and Veterans Code 998.043
• Bond: means veterans bond, a state general obligation bond issued pursuant to this article adopting the provisions of the State General Obligation Bond Law. See California Military and Veterans Code 998.023
• Bond: means veterans bond, a state general obligation bond issued pursuant to this article adopting the provisions of the State General Obligation Bond Law. See California Military and Veterans Code 998.043
• Bond: means veterans bond, a state general obligation bond issued pursuant to this article adopting the provisions of the State General Obligation Bond Law. See California Military and Veterans Code 998.054
• City: includes city and county and "incorporated town" but does not include "unincorporated town" or "village. See California Public Utilities Code 19
• Commercial real property: has the meaning specified in subdivision (d) of Section 1954. See California Civil Code 1993
• Committee: means the Veterans' Finance Committee of 1943, created by Section 991. See California Military and Veterans Code 998.023
• Committee: means the Veterans' Finance Committee of 1943, created by Section 991. See California Military and Veterans Code 998.043
• Committee: means the Veterans' Finance Committee of 1943, created by Section 991. See California Military and Veterans Code 998.054
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• County: includes city and county. See California Water Code 14
• Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• Fund: means the Veterans' Farm and Home Building Fund of 1943, created by Section 988. See California Military and Veterans Code 998.054
• Fund: means the Veterans' Farm and Home Building Fund of 1943 created by Section 988. See California Military and Veterans Code 998.023
• Fund: means the Veterans' Farm and Home Building Fund of 1943, created by Section 988. See California Military and Veterans Code 998.043
• 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}
• Landlord: means any operator, keeper, lessor, or sublessor of any furnished or unfurnished premises for hire, or his or her agent or successor in interest. See California Civil Code 1980
• Landlord: means any operator, keeper, lessor, or sublessor of any furnished or unfurnished premises for hire, or his or her agent or successor in interest. See California Civil Code 1993
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See California Civil Code 14
• 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}
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• Owner: means any person other than the landlord who has any right, title, or interest in personal property. See California Civil Code 1980
• Owner: means any person other than the landlord who has any right, title, or interest in property. See California Civil Code 1993
• Person: means any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, limited liability company, or company. See California Water Code 19
• personal property: include money, goods, chattels, things in action, and evidences of debt. See California Civil Code 14
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
• Premises: includes any common areas associated therewith. See California Civil Code 1980
• Premises: includes any common areas associated therewith. See California Civil Code 1993
• property: includes property real and personal. See California Civil Code 14
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Records: means any material, regardless of the physical form, on which information is recorded or preserved by any means, including in written or spoken words, graphically depicted, printed, or electromagnetically transmitted. See California Civil Code 1980
• Records: means any material, regardless of the physical form, on which information is recorded or preserved by any means, including in written or spoken words, graphically depicted, printed, or electromagnetically transmitted. See California Civil Code 1993
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
• Tenant: includes any paying guest, lessee, or sublessee of any premises for hire. See California Civil Code 1980
• Tenant: includes any lessee or sublessee of any commercial real property and its premises for hire. See California Civil Code 1993
• treasurer: as used in this chapter shall refer to such treasurer of the district so appointed. See California Public Utilities Code 101300
• will: includes codicil. See California Civil Code 14