Terms Used In California Codes > Welfare and Institutions Code > Division 4 > Part 3 > Chapter 6.7 - State Department of State Hospitals: Contracting Facilities

• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.