Terms Used In California Codes > Unemployment Insurance Code > Division 3 > Part 1 > Chapter 4.5 > Article 1 - Policies and Purposes

• Decedent: A deceased person.
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Person: means an individual, corporation, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, or other entity. See California Probate Code 56
• Personal representative: means executor, administrator, administrator with the will annexed, special administrator, successor personal representative, public administrator acting pursuant to Section 7660, or a person who performs substantially the same function under the law of another jurisdiction governing the person's status. See California Probate Code 58
• Spouse: includes domestic partner, as defined in Section 37 of this code, as required by §. See California Probate Code 72