Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 76 > Chapter 2 - Principles of Criminal Responsibility

• Act: means a voluntary bodily movement and includes speech. See Utah Code 76-1-101.5
• Actor: means a person whose criminal responsibility is in issue in a criminal action. See Utah Code 76-1-101.5
• Agent: means any director, officer, employee, or other person authorized to act in behalf of a corporation or association. See Utah Code 76-2-201
• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Appraisal: A determination of property value.
• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• authority: means a public body corporate and politic created by this part. See Utah Code 35A-8-401
• Bodily injury: means physical pain, illness, or any impairment of physical condition. See Utah Code 76-1-101.5
• Bonds: means bonds, notes, interim certificates, debentures, or other obligations issued by an authority under this part. See Utah Code 35A-8-401
• Conduct: means an act or omission. See Utah Code 76-1-101.5
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Corporation: means all organizations required by the laws of this state or any other state to obtain a certificate of authority, a certificate of incorporation, or other form of registration to transact business as a corporation within this state or any other state and shall include domestic, foreign, profit and nonprofit corporations, but shall not include a corporation sole, as such term is used in Title 16, Chapter 7, Corporations Sole. See Utah Code 76-2-201
• Dangerous weapon: means :
       (7)(a) any item capable of causing death or serious bodily injury; or
       (7)(b) a facsimile or representation of the item, if:

            (7)(b)(i) the actor's use or apparent intended use of the item leads the victim to reasonably believe the item is likely to cause death or serious bodily injury; or

            (7)(b)(ii) the actor represents to the victim verbally or in any other manner that the actor is in control of such an item. See Utah Code 76-1-101.5
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Federal government: includes the United States of America, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, or any other agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of the United States. See Utah Code 35A-8-401
• Intellectual disability: means a significant, subaverage general intellectual functioning that:
       (16)(a) exists concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior; and
       (16)(b) is manifested during the developmental period as defined in the current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, published by the American Psychiatric Association. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• Offense: means a violation of any penal statute of this state. See Utah Code 76-1-101.5
• Omission: means a failure to act when there is a legal duty to act and the actor is capable of acting. See Utah Code 76-1-101.5
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Person: means an individual, public or private corporation, government, partnership, or unincorporated association. See Utah Code 76-1-101.5
• Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
• Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• project: means a work or undertaking, on contiguous or noncontiguous sites to:
            (11)(a)(i) demolish, clear, or remove buildings from a blighted area;
            (11)(a)(ii) provide or assist in providing decent, safe, and sanitary urban or rural dwellings, apartments, or other living accommodations for persons of medium and low income by any suitable methods, including rental, sale of individual units in single or multifamily structures under conventional condominium, cooperative sales contract, lease-purchase agreement, loans, or subsidizing of rentals or charges; or
            (11)(a)(iii) accomplish a combination of Subsections (11)(a)(i) and (ii). See Utah Code 35A-8-401
• Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Public body: means a city, county or municipal corporation, commission, district, authority, agency, subdivision, or other body of the foregoing. See Utah Code 35A-8-401
• Public servant: means :
            (16)(a)(i) a public officer;
            (16)(a)(ii) an appointed official, employee, consultant, or independent contractor of a public entity; or
            (16)(a)(iii) a person hired or paid by a public entity to perform a government function. See Utah Code 76-1-101.5
• real property: includes :
       (31)(a) land;
       (31)(b) a tenement;
       (31)(c) a hereditament;
       (31)(d) a water right;
       (31)(e) a possessory right; and
       (31)(f) a claim. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Serious bodily injury: means bodily injury that creates or causes serious permanent disfigurement, protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily member or organ, or creates a substantial risk of death. See Utah Code 76-1-101.5
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
• United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.
• Woman: means an adult human female. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5