Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.

“Complaint” includes a cross-complaint.

“Defendant” includes a cross-defendant.

“Farm products” means crops or livestock or supplies used or produced in farming operations or products of crops or livestock in their unmanufactured states (such as ginned cotton, wool clip, maple syrup, honey, milk, and eggs) while in the possession of a defendant engaged in raising, fattening, grazing, or other farming operations. If tangible personal property is a farm product, it is not inventory.

“Inventory” means tangible personal property in the possession of a defendant who holds it for sale or lease or to be furnished under contracts of service.

“Levying officer” means the sheriff or marshal who is directed to execute a writ of possession issued under this chapter.

“Person” includes an individual, a corporation, a partnership or other unincorporated association, a limited liability company, and a public entity.

“Plaintiff” means a person who files a complaint or cross-complaint.

A claim has “probable validity” where it is more likely than not that the plaintiff will obtain a judgment against the defendant on that claim.

“Public entity” includes the state, the Regents of the University of California, a county, city, district, public authority, public agency, and any other political subdivision or public corporation in the state.