Terms Used In California Codes > Water Code > Division 29 > Chapter 1 - General Provisions and Definitions

• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}
• Person: includes a natural person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, limited liability company, or public entity. See California Family Code 105
• Property: includes real and personal property and any interest therein. See California Family Code 113
• State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Water Code 18