Terms Used In California Codes > Water Code > Division 13 > Part 5 > Chapter 2.75 - Provisions Pertaining Only to Lost Hills Water District

• Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
• Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
• 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}
• board: means the board of directors of the district. See California Public Utilities Code 125050
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Delta: means the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta as described in Section 12220. See California Water Code 12310
• Department: means the Department of Water Resources. See California Water Code 12310
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Devise: To gift property by will.
• district: means the North County Transit District. See California Public Utilities Code 125001
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Local public agency: means a reclamation district or levee district or other public agency responsible for the maintenance of a nonproject levee as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 12980 or a project levee as defined in subdivision (f) of Section 12980. See California Water Code 12310
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• Net long-term habitat improvement: means enhancement of riparian, fisheries, and wildlife habitat. See California Water Code 12310
• 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.
• Person: means any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, limited liability company, or company. See California Water Code 19
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Project: means the flood control improvement and any mitigation and habitat improvement constructed, or interests in land acquired, for those purposes pursuant to this part. See California Water Code 12310
• Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
• Pupil: includes a pupil's parent or guardian or legal counsel. See California Education Code 48925
• Schoolday: means a day upon which the schools of the district are in session or weekdays during the summer recess. See California Education Code 48925
• Subdivision: means a subdivision of the section in which that term occurs unless some other section is expressly mentioned. See California Public Utilities Code 10
• Suspension: means removal of a pupil from ongoing instruction for adjustment purposes. See California Education Code 48925