§ 1235.110.Generally

This is Article 2's version of § 1235.010's opening rule, narrowed to the specific defined terms that follow. Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, the definitions in §§ 1235.120 through 1235.210 -- final judgment, interest, judgment, litigation expenses, and the rest -- govern how those words are read anywhere they appear in this title.

Some of these definitions do real substantive work, not just tidy up vocabulary. What counts as a "public entity" under § 1235.190 determines who can invoke this title's power at all; what counts as "property appropriated to public use" under § 1235.180 helps trigger the more demanding necessity showing required when a condemnor wants to take property already devoted to a public purpose.