Terms Used In California Codes > Vehicle Code > Division 16.5 > Chapter 6 - Equipment of Off-Highway Vehicles

• Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
• closed course: includes , but is not limited to, a speedway, racetrack, or a prescribed and defined route of travel on or off a highway that is closed to all motor vehicles other than those of participants. See California Vehicle Code 38014
• corporation: include the lessees, trustees, receivers or trustees appointed by any court whatsoever, of the person or corporation. See California Public Utilities Code 206
• County: includes city and county. See California Water Code 14
• garage: is a building or other place wherein the business of storing or safekeeping vehicles of a type required to be registered under this code and which belong to members of the general public is conducted for compensation. See California Vehicle Code 340
• muffler: is a device consisting of a series of chambers or baffle plates, or other mechanical design, for the purpose of receiving exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine, and effective in reducing noise. See California Vehicle Code 425
• off-highway motor vehicle: is a ny of the following:

  California Vehicle Code 38006

• Person: means any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, limited liability company, or company. See California Water Code 19
• Preliminary hearing: A hearing where the judge decides whether there is enough evidence to make the defendant have a trial.
• State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Water Code 18