Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 20A > Chapter 4 > Part 3 - Canvassing Returns

• Acquittal:
  1. Judgement that a criminal defendant has not been proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
  2. A verdict of "not guilty."
   
• Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
• Administration of criminal justice: means performance of any of the following: detection, apprehension, detention, pretrial release, posttrial release, prosecution, adjudication, correctional supervision, or rehabilitation of accused persons or criminal offenders. See Utah Code 53-10-102
• Administrator: includes "executor" when the subject matter justifies the use. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Alcoholic beverage: means the same as that term is defined in Section 32B-1-102. See Utah Code 53-10-102
• Alcoholic product: means the same as that term is defined in Section 32B-1-102. See Utah Code 53-10-102
• 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.
• Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• Armed forces: means the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, and Coast Guard. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Arraignment: A proceeding in which an individual who is accused of committing a crime is brought into court, told of the charges, and asked to plead guilty or not guilty.
• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
• Ballot: means the storage medium, including a paper, mechanical, or electronic storage medium, that records an individual voter's vote. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
• Ballot proposition: means a question, issue, or proposal that is submitted to voters on the ballot for their approval or rejection including:
       (4)(a) an opinion question specifically authorized by the Legislature;
       (4)(b) a constitutional amendment;
       (4)(c) an initiative;
       (4)(d) a referendum;
       (4)(e) a bond proposition;
       (4)(f) a judicial retention question;
       (4)(g) an incorporation of a city or town; or
       (4)(h) any other ballot question specifically authorized by the Legislature. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
• Board of canvassers: means the entities established by Sections 20A-4-301 and 20A-4-306 to canvass election returns. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
• Bond election: means an election held for the purpose of approving or rejecting the proposed issuance of bonds by a government entity. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
• Bureau: means the Bureau of Criminal Identification within the department, created in Section 53-10-201. See Utah Code 53-10-102
• Canvass: means the review of election returns and the official declaration of election results by the board of canvassers. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
• City: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Commission: means the Alcoholic Beverage Services Commission. See Utah Code 53-10-102
• Communications services: means the technology of reception, relay, and transmission of information required by a public safety agency in the performance of the public safety agency's duty. See Utah Code 53-10-102
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• County legislative body: means :
       (8)(a) the county commission, in the county commission or expanded county commission form of government established under Title 17, Chapter 52a, Changing Forms of County Government;
       (8)(b) the county council, in the county executive-council optional form of government authorized by Section 17-52a-203; and
       (8)(c) the county council, in the council-manager optional form of government authorized by Section 17-52a-204. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Criminal history record information: means information on an individual consisting of identifiable descriptions and notations of:
       (8)(a) arrests, detentions, indictments, informations, or other formal criminal charges, and any disposition arising from any of them; and
       (8)(b) sentencing, correctional supervision, and release. See Utah Code 53-10-102
• Criminal justice agency: means a court or a government agency or subdivision of a government agency that administers criminal justice under a statute, executive order, or local ordinance and that allocates greater than 50% of its annual budget to the administration of criminal justice. See Utah Code 53-10-102
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Department: means the Department of Public Safety. See Utah Code 53-10-102
• Department: means the Department of Public Safety created in Section 53-1-103. See Utah Code 53-1-102
• Director: means the division director appointed under Section 53-10-103. See Utah Code 53-10-102
• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. ^Source:
• Division: means the Criminal Investigations and Technical Services Division created in Section 53-10-103. See Utah Code 53-10-102
• Donor: The person who makes a gift.
• Election: means a regular general election, a municipal general election, a statewide special election, a local special election, a regular primary election, a municipal primary election, and a special district election. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
• Election officer: means :
       (23)(a) the lieutenant governor, for all statewide ballots and elections;
       (23)(b) the county clerk for:

            (23)(b)(i) a county ballot and election; and

            (23)(b)(ii) a ballot and election as a provider election officer as provided in Section Utah Code 20A-1-102
• Election results: means :
       (25)(a) for an election other than a bond election, the count of votes cast in the election and the election returns requested by the board of canvassers; or
       (25)(b) for bond elections, the count of those votes cast for and against the bond proposition plus any or all of the election returns that the board of canvassers may request. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
• Equal: means , with respect to biological sex, of the same value. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• 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.
• Executive order: means an order of the president of the United States or the chief executive of a state that has the force of law and that is published in a manner permitting regular public access to the order. See Utah Code 53-10-102
• Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• Forensic: means dealing with the application of scientific knowledge relating to criminal evidence. See Utah Code 53-10-102
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
• Highway: includes :
       (15)(a) a public bridge;
       (15)(b) a county way;
       (15)(c) a county road;
       (15)(d) a common road; and
       (15)(e) a state road. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Impeachment: (1) The process of calling something into question, as in "impeaching the testimony of a witness." (2) The constitutional process whereby the House of Representatives may "impeach" (accuse of misconduct) high officers of the federal government for trial in the Senate.
• Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies.
• 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.
• Law enforcement agency: means an entity or division of:
            (1)(e)(i)

                 (1)(e)(i)(A) the federal government, a state, or a political subdivision of a state;

                 (1)(e)(i)(B) a state institution of higher education; or

                 (1)(e)(i)(C) a private institution of higher education, if the entity or division is certified by the commissioner under Title 53, Chapter 19, Certification of Private Law Enforcement Agency; and
            (1)(e)(ii) that exists primarily to prevent and detect crime and enforce criminal laws, statutes, and ordinances. See Utah Code 53-1-102
• Law enforcement officer: means the same as that term is defined in Section 53-13-103. See Utah Code 53-1-102
• Local special election: means a special election called by the governing body of a local political subdivision in which all registered voters of the local political subdivision may vote. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
• Mental defective: means an individual who, by a district court, as a result of marked subnormal intelligence, or mental illness, incompetency, condition, or disease, is found:
       (16)(a) to be a danger to himself or herself or others;
       (16)(b) to lack the mental capacity to contract or manage the individual's own affairs;
       (16)(c) to be incompetent by a court in a criminal case; or
       (16)(d) to be incompetent to stand trial or found not guilty by reason or lack of mental responsibility. See Utah Code 53-10-102
• Missing person: means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-8-130. See Utah Code 53-10-102
• Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Motor vehicle: means every self-propelled vehicle and every vehicle propelled by electric power obtained from overhead trolley wires, but not operated upon rails, except motorized wheel chairs and vehicles moved solely by human power. See Utah Code 53-1-102
• Municipal general election: means the election held in municipalities and, as applicable, special districts on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each odd-numbered year for the purposes established in Section 20A-1-202. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
• Municipal legislative body: means the council of the city or town in any form of municipal government. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
• Municipal primary election: means an election held to nominate candidates for municipal office. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
• Municipality: means a city or town. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
• 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.
• Official register: means the official record furnished to election officials by the election officer that contains the information required by Section 20A-5-401. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Pathogens: means disease-causing agents. See Utah Code 53-10-102
• Peace officer: means any officer certified in accordance with Title 53, Chapter 13, Peace Officer Classifications. See Utah Code 53-1-102
• 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
• Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
• Political party: means an organization of registered voters that has qualified to participate in an election by meeting the requirements of Chapter 8, Political Party Formation and Procedures. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
• Preliminary hearing: A hearing where the judge decides whether there is enough evidence to make the defendant have a trial.
• Presidential Primary Election: means the election established in Chapter 9, Part 8, Presidential Primary Election. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
• Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
• Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• 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.
• Qualifying entity: means a business, organization, or a governmental entity that employs persons or utilizes volunteers who deal with:
       (21)(a) national security interests;
       (21)(b) fiduciary trust over money; or
       (21)(c) the provision of care, treatment, education, training, instruction, supervision, or recreation to children, the elderly, or individuals with disabilities. See Utah Code 53-10-102
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Regular primary election: means the election, held on the date specified in Section Utah Code 20A-1-102
• Sex: means , in relation to an individual, the individual's biological sex, either male or female, at birth, according to distinct reproductive roles as manifested by:
       (34)(a) sex and reproductive organ anatomy;
       (34)(b) chromosomal makeup; and
       (34)(c) endogenous hormone profiles. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Special district: means a local government entity under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Special Districts, and includes a special service district under Title 17D, Chapter 1, Special Service District Act. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
• Special election: means an election held as authorized by Section 20A-1-203. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
• 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.
• Town: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• 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
• Utah Code: means the 1953 recodification of the Utah Code, as amended, unless the text expressly references a portion of the 1953 recodification of the Utah Code as it existed:
       (42)(a) on the day on which the 1953 recodification of the Utah Code was enacted; or
       (42)(b)

            (42)(b)(i) after the day described in Subsection (42)(a); and

            (42)(b)(ii) before the most recent amendment to the referenced portion of the 1953 recodification of the Utah Code. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Vehicle: means every device in, upon, or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, excepting devices used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks. See Utah Code 53-1-102
• Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.
• Voting precinct: means the smallest geographical voting unit, established under Chapter 5, Part 3, Duties of the County and Municipal Legislative Bodies. See Utah Code 20A-1-102