Terms Used In California Codes > Public Utilities Code > Division 10 > Part 1 > Chapter 9 > Article 5 - Annexation Without Election

• 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.
• Agency: means the Labor and Workforce Development Agency. See California Labor Code 18.5
• 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.
• Appeals board: means the Occupational Safety and Health Appeals Board, within the department. See California Labor Code 6302
• Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
• Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.
• Division: means the Division of Occupational Safety and Health. See California Labor Code 6302
• 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.
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Public Utilities Code 17
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.