Terms Used In California Codes > Family Code > Division 2.5 > Part 1 - DEFINITIONS

• Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
• Bureau: means the Cemetery and Funeral Bureau. See California Business and Professions Code 7601
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• County: includes city and county. See California Family Code 67
• Director: means the Director of Consumer Affairs. See California Business and Professions Code 7601
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• license: means license, certificate, registration, or other means to engage in a business or profession regulated by this code or referred to in Section 1000 or 3600. See California Business and Professions Code 23.7
• Licensee: means any person authorized by a license, certificate, registration, or other means to engage in a business or profession regulated by this code or referred to in Sections 1000 and 3600. See California Business and Professions Code 23.8
• order: include a decree, as appropriate under the circumstances. See California Family Code 100
• person: includes any natural person, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, firm, or association. See California Government Code 7920.520
• 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
• public agency: means any state or local agency. See California Government Code 7920.525
• public records: includes any writing containing information relating to the conduct of the public's business prepared, owned, used, or retained by any state or local agency regardless of physical form or characteristics. See California Government Code 7920.530
• Spouse: includes "registered domestic partner" as required by Section 297. See California Family Code 143
• State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, or a commonwealth, territory, or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See California Family Code 145
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Subdivision: means a subdivision of the section in which the term occurs unless some other section is expressly mentioned. See California Government Code 10
• Support: refers to a support obligation owing on behalf of a child, spouse, or family, or an amount owing pursuant to Section 17402. See California Family Code 150
• Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.