Section 691 Of Preliminary Provisions From California Penal Code >> Part 2.
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. The following words have in Part 2 (commencing with Section
681) the signification attached to them in this section, unless it is
otherwise apparent from the context:
(a) The words "competent court" when used with reference to the
jurisdiction over any public offense, mean any court the subject
matter jurisdiction of which includes the offense so mentioned.
(b) The words "jurisdictional territory" when used with reference
to a court, mean the city and county, county, city, township, or
other limited territory over which the criminal jurisdiction of the
court extends, as provided by law, and in case of a superior court
mean the county in which the court sits.
(c) The words "accusatory pleading" include an indictment, an
information, an accusation, and a complaint.
(d) The words "prosecuting attorney" include any attorney, whether
designated as district attorney, city attorney, city prosecutor,
prosecuting attorney, or by any other title, having by law the right
or duty to prosecute, on behalf of the people, any charge of a public
offense.
(e) The word "county" includes county, city and county, and city.
(f) "Felony case" means a criminal action in which a felony is
charged and includes a criminal action in which a misdemeanor or
infraction is charged in conjunction with a felony.
(g) "Misdemeanor or infraction case" means a criminal action in
which a misdemeanor or infraction is charged and does not include a
criminal action in which a felony is charged in conjunction with a
misdemeanor or infraction.