Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 23A > Chapter 11 > Part 2 - Limits on Hunting

• 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.
• Assessment: means for the purpose of taxation wherever appropriate. See Utah Code 54-8-3
• Big game: includes deer, elk, big horn sheep, moose, mountain goats, pronghorn. See Utah Code 23A-11-101
• Centerfire rifle hunt: means a hunt for which a hunter may use a centerfire rifle, except as provided in Subsection (3)(b). See Utah Code 23A-11-101
• Certificate of registration: means a paper-based or electronic document issued under this title, or a rule or proclamation of the Wildlife Board granting authority to engage in activities not covered by a license, permit, or tag. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Commission: means the Public Service Commission. See Utah Code 54-2-1
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• conversion: means the removal of all or any part of any existing overhead electric or communications facilities and the replacement thereof with underground electric or communication facilities constructed at the same or different locations. See Utah Code 54-8-3
• 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: includes an association and a joint stock company having any powers or privileges not possessed by individuals or partnerships. See Utah Code 54-2-1
• Cultivated crops: means :
       (4)(a) annual or perennial crops harvested from or on cleared and planted land;
       (4)(b) perennial orchard trees on cleared and planted land;
       (4)(c) crop residues that have forage value for livestock; and
       (4)(d) pastures. See Utah Code 23A-11-101
• Director: means the director of the division appointed under Section 23A-2-202. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Division: means the Division of Wildlife Resources. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Game: means wildlife normally pursued, caught, or taken by sporting means for human use. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Governing body: means the board of commissioners, city council, or board of trustees as may be appropriate depending on whether the improvement district is located in a county or within a city or town. See Utah Code 54-8-3
• Hunting: means to take or pursue a reptile, amphibian, bird, or mammal by any means. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Hunting guide: means the same as that term is defined in Section 58-79-102. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• 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.
• Land: includes :
       (18)(a) land;
       (18)(b) a tenement;
       (18)(c) a hereditament;
       (18)(d) a water right;
       (18)(e) a possessory right; and
       (18)(f) a claim. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
• Outfitter: means the same as that term is defined in Section 58-79-102. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Permit: means a paper-based or electronic document that grants authority to engage in specified activities under this title or a rule or proclamation of the Wildlife Board. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Person: means an individual, association, partnership, government agency, corporation, or an agent of the individual, association, partnership, government agency, or corporation. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• 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
• Point of delivery: means :
       (8)(a) a meter, for electric facilities; or
       (8)(b) a network interface device, for communication facilities. See Utah Code 54-8-3
• Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Public utility: means any electric corporation or communications corporation that provides electric or communication service to the general public by means of electric or communication facilities. See Utah Code 54-8-3
• Resolution: means ordinance when the governing body properly acts by ordinance rather than by resolution. See Utah Code 54-8-3
• Service entrance equipment: means facilities on the property owner's side of the point of delivery that are necessary to accommodate service from a public utility. See Utah Code 54-8-3
• 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
• Shed antler: means any portion of an antler that:
       (8)(a) has been dropped naturally from a big game animal as part of the big game animal's annual life cycle; and
       (8)(b) has a rounded base commonly known as the antler button or burr attached which signifies a natural life cycle process. See Utah Code 23A-11-101
• Shed horn: means :
       (9)(a) the sheath from a pronghorn that has been dropped naturally as part of the animal's annual life cycle; or
       (9)(b) bighorn sheep, mountain goat, or bison horn naturally detached from the horn core. See Utah Code 23A-11-101
• 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
• Take: means to:
       (54)(a) hunt, pursue, harass, catch, capture, possess, gather, angle, seine, trap, or kill protected wildlife; or
       (54)(b) attempt an action referred to in Subsection (54)(a). See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Wildlife: means :
       (61)(a) crustaceans, including brine shrimp and crayfish;
       (61)(b) mollusks; and
       (61)(c) vertebrate animals living in nature, except feral animals. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• Wildlife Board: means the board created in Section 23A-2-301. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
• 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