ARTICLE 1. Terms Defined

Article 1 added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.

§§ 23070–23077 · 8 sections

• § 23070 The terms and definitions contained in this article apply to the boundary descriptions of the several counties, unless otherwise declared.
• § 23071 In describing courses, “north,” “south,” “east,” and “west,” mean true courses, and refer to the true meridian.
• § 23072 “Northerly,” “southerly,” “easterly,” and “westerly,” mean due north, due south, due east, and due west, unless controlled by other words, or by lines,…
• § 23073 “To,” “on,” “along,” “with,” or “by” a mountain or ridge, mean summit point or summit line.
• § 23074 “To,” “by,” “along,” “with,” “in,” “up,” or “down” a creek, river, slough, strait, or bay, mean the middle of the main channel thereof.
• § 23075 “In,” “to,” or “from” the ocean shore mean a point three miles seaward from the shore. “Along,” “with,” “by,” or “on” the ocean shore, mean on a line parallel…
• § 23076 The mouth of a creek, river, or slough which empties into another creek, river, or slough, is the point where the middle of the channels intersect.
• § 23077 The use of a county name specified in this division, without further description, is a reference to the county of that name.