Terms Used In California Codes > Welfare and Institutions Code > Division 2 > Part 1 > Chapter 2 > Article 13.6 - Serious Habitual Offenders

• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• commission: means the California Transportation Commission. See California Streets and Highways Code 22
• Construction: includes :

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• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• County: includes "city and county. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 14
• Custody: means physical custody or legal custody or both, under any applicable tribal law or tribal custom or state law. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 224.1
• Department: means the Department of Transportation of this state. See California Streets and Highways Code 20
• Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. ^Source:
• 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.
• highway: includes bridges, culverts, curbs, drains, and all works incidental to highway construction, improvement, and maintenance. See California Streets and Highways Code 23
• Job order: means a firm, fixed-priced, lump-sum order issued by the department to a job order contractor for a definite project scope or work as compiled from the unit price catalog to be performed pursuant to a job order contract. See California Streets and Highways Code 217
• maintenance: includes any of the following:

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• Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
• Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
• Probation officers: Screen applicants for pretrial release and monitor convicted offenders released under court supervision.
• Project: means the specific requirements and work to be accomplished by the job order contractor in connection with an individual job order. See California Streets and Highways Code 217
• Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
• State highway: means any highway which is acquired, laid out, constructed, improved or maintained as a State highway pursuant to constitutional or legislative authorization. See California Streets and Highways Code 24
• State Highway Account: means the State Highway Account in the State Transportation Fund. See California Streets and Highways Code 30
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• Unit price catalog: means a book containing specific construction tasks and the unit prices to install or demolish that construction. See California Streets and Highways Code 217