Terms Used In California Codes > Water Code > Division 20 > Part 2 - FORMATION

• Advocacy: means those activities undertaken on behalf of persons who are receiving or have received mental health services to protect their rights or to secure or upgrade treatment or other services to which they are entitled. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 5500
• 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.
• Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
• application: means an application for the initiation of proceedings for the formation of a district under the provisions of the Knox-Nisbet Act, Chapter 6. See California Water Code 71052
• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• assessment: includes standby charges and other charges levied for the use of district water. See California Water Code 36950.1
• board of supervisors: means the board of supervisors of the principal county. See California Water Code 71051
• City: includes "city and county" and "incorporated town. See California Streets and Highways Code 15
• commission: means the California Transportation Commission. See California Streets and Highways Code 22
• Construction: includes :

  California Streets and Highways Code 29

• controlled substances: means those substances referred to in Division 10 (commencing with Section 11000) of the Health and Safety Code. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 5341
• Controller: means the State Controller. See California Revenue and Taxation Code 21
• County: includes city and county. See California Water Code 14
• County: includes "city and county. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 14
• County: includes city and county. See California Revenue and Taxation Code 15
• County: includes "city and county. See California Streets and Highways Code 14
• county clerk: means the county clerk of the principal county. See California Water Code 71050
• custody: means the legal right to custody of the child unless that right is held jointly by two or more persons, in which case "custody" means the physical custody of the child by one of the persons sharing the right to custody. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 17.1
• Department: means the Department of Transportation of this state. See California Streets and Highways Code 20
• Eligible county: means a county that meets both of the following requirements:

  California Revenue and Taxation Code 194

• Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
• Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
• 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.
• maintenance: includes any of the following:

  California Streets and Highways Code 27

• Person: means any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, limited liability company, or company. See California Water Code 19
• Person: means any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, organization, limited liability company, or business trust. See California Streets and Highways Code 19
• Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
• Public defender: Represent defendants who can't afford an attorney in criminal matters.
• Remand: When an appellate court sends a case back to a lower court for further proceedings.
• Spouse: includes "registered domestic partner" as required by §. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 12.2
• State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Water Code 18
• Subdivision: means a subdivision of the section in which that term occurs unless some other section is expressly mentioned. See California Water Code 10
• United States: means the United States of America, and in relation to any particular matter includes the officers, agents, employees, agencies, or instrumentalities authorized to act in relation thereto. See California Water Code 20
• Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.