Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 81 > Chapter 3 - Rights and Obligations During Marriage

• Child: means , except as provided in Section 81-6-101, a biological or adopted child of any age. See Utah Code 81-1-101
• Child restraint device: means a child restraint device that meets standards adopted under Section 41-6a-1601. See Utah Code 41-6a-1802
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Court: means :
       (2)(a) a judge; or
       (2)(b) a court commissioner if the court commissioner has authority to hear the matter under Section 78A-5-107 or the Utah Rules of Judicial Administration. See Utah Code 81-1-101
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• Highway: means the entire width between property lines of every way or place of any nature when any part of it is open to the use of the public as a matter of right for vehicular travel. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
• 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}
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Minor child: means , except as provided in Section 81-6-101, a child who is younger than 18 years old and is not emancipated. See Utah Code 81-1-101
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• Motor vehicle: means a vehicle defined in Section 41-1a-102, except vehicles that are not equipped with safety belts by the manufacturer. See Utah Code 41-6a-1802
• 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.
• Operator: means :
       (49)(a) a human driver, as defined in Section Utah Code 41-6a-102
• Person: means a natural person, firm, copartnership, association, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, governmental agency, public corporation, or any other legal or commercial entity. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
• Person: means :
       (24)(a) an individual;
       (24)(b) an association;
       (24)(c) an institution;
       (24)(d) a corporation;
       (24)(e) a company;
       (24)(f) a trust;
       (24)(g) a limited liability company;
       (24)(h) a partnership;
       (24)(i) a political subdivision;
       (24)(j) a government office, department, division, bureau, or other body of government; and
       (24)(k) any other organization or entity. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
• Premarital agreement: means an agreement between prospective spouses made in contemplation of marriage and to be effective upon marriage. See Utah Code 81-3-201
• Property: means an interest, present or future, legal or equitable, vested or contingent, in real or personal property, including income and earnings. See Utah Code 81-3-201
• Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
• Safety belt: means a safety belt or seat belt system that meets standards adopted under Section 41-6a-1601. See Utah Code 41-6a-1802
• Seating position: means any area within the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle in which the manufacturer has installed a safety belt. See Utah Code 41-6a-1802
• 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.
• Statute of limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights.
• Vehicle: means a device in, on, or by which a person or property is or may be transported or drawn on a highway, except a mobile carrier, as defined in Section 41-6a-1120, or a device used exclusively on stationary rails or tracks. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
• Writing: includes :
       (48)(a) printing;
       (48)(b) handwriting; and
       (48)(c) information stored in an electronic or other medium if the information is retrievable in a perceivable format. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5