California Code
CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions
ARTICLE 7 - Definitions

Section 70. - 70. Writing includes any form of recorded message capable of...

Section 71. - 71. “Section” means a section of this code unless some...

Section 72. - 72. The present tense includes the past and future tenses,...

Section 73. - 73. The masculine gender includes the feminine. (Enacted by Stats....

Section 73.2. - 73.2. “Spouse” includes “registered domestic partner,” as required by Section...

Section 74. - 74. The singular number includes the plural, and the plural,...

Section 75. - 75. “Shall” is mandatory and “may” is permissive. (Enacted by...

Section 76. - 76. “Oath” includes affirmation. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

Section 77. - 77. “State” means the State of California, unless applied to...

Section 78. - 78. “Governing board” means board of school trustees, community college...

Section 79. - 79. “City superintendent of schools” includes the superintendent of schools...

Section 80. - 80. “Any school district” and “all school districts” mean school...

Section 81. - 81. “Union school district” means a district composed of two...

Section 82. - 82. “Joint union school district” means a district composed of...

Section 83. - 83. A unified school district means a district maintaining grades...

Section 84. - 84. “City school district” includes a school district lying wholly...

Section 85. - 85. Whenever “high school district” is used in this code,...

Section 86. - 86. A high school district, other than a city high...

Section 87. - 87. A school district lying in more than one county...

Section 88. - 88. “State Board” or “state board” whenever used in this...

Section 89. - 89. The word “department” whenever used in this code, unless...

Section 90. - 90. With respect to the personnel of school districts and...

Section 91. - 91. “World language” means any language other than English, including...

Section 92. - 92. “County” or “counties” as used in Sections 2300, 12300...

Section 93. - 93. Wherever, pursuant to this code, any state department, officer,...

Section 94. - 94. “Frontier school district” means a school district that meets...

Section 95. - 95. “Superintendent” or “superintendent” whenever used in this code means...

Section 96. - 96. “At-promise” has the same meaning as “at-risk,” as that...