California Codes > Welfare and Institutions Code > Division 4 > Part 2 > Chapter 3 – Officers and Employees
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- Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
- 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.
- institution: include every hospital, boarding home, or other place receiving or caring for persons with mental health disorders. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 4011
- 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.
- state hospital: means any hospital specified in Section 4100. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 4001