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. In this chapter:
(a) "Adult" means an individual who has attained 18 years of age.
(b) "Conservatee" means an adult for whom a conservator of the
estate, a conservator of the person, or a conservator of the person
and estate has been appointed.
(c) "Conservator" means a person appointed by the court to serve
as a conservator of the estate, a conservator of the person, or a
conservator of the person and estate.
(d) "Conservator of the estate" means a person appointed by the
court to administer the property of an adult, including, but not
limited to, a person appointed for that purpose under subdivision (b)
of Section 1801.
(e) "Conservator of the person" means a person appointed by the
court to make decisions regarding the person of an adult, including,
but not limited to, a person appointed for that purpose under
subdivision (a) of Section 1801.
(f) "Conservator of the person and estate" means a person
appointed by the court to make decisions regarding the person of an
adult and to administer the property of that adult, including, but
not limited to, a person appointed for those purposes under
subdivision (c) of Section 1801.
(g) "Conservatorship order" means an order appointing a
conservator of the estate, a conservator of the person, or a
conservator of the person and estate in a conservatorship proceeding.
(h) "Conservatorship proceeding" means a judicial proceeding in
which an order for the appointment of a conservator of the estate, a
conservator of the person, or a conservator of the person and estate
is sought or has been issued.
(i) "Party" means the conservatee, proposed conservatee,
petitioner, conservator, proposed conservator, or any other person
allowed by the court to participate in a conservatorship proceeding.
(j) "Person" means an individual, corporation, business trust,
estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association,
joint venture, public corporation, government or governmental
subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or
commercial entity.
(k) "Proposed conservatee" means an adult for whom a
conservatorship order is sought.
(l) "Record" means information that is inscribed on a tangible
medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is
retrievable in perceivable form.
(m) Notwithstanding Section 74, "state" means a state of the
United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United
States Virgin Islands, a federally recognized Indian tribe, or any
territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the
United States.