Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 35A > Chapter 8 > Part 16 - Uintah Basin Revitalization Fund and Board

• 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
• Administrator: includes "executor" when the subject matter justifies the use. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
• Bequest: Property gifted by will.
• Board: means the Uintah Basin Revitalization Fund Board. See Utah Code 35A-8-1601
• Bodily injury: means physical pain, illness, or any impairment of physical condition. See Utah Code 76-1-101.5
• Capital projects: means expenditures for land, improvements on the land, and equipment intended to have long-term beneficial use. See Utah Code 35A-8-1601
• City: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Client: means a person who receives or has received public assistance. See Utah Code 76-8-1201
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Conduct: means an act or omission. See Utah Code 76-1-101.5
• 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.
• County: means :
       (3)(a) Duchesne County; or
       (3)(b) Uintah County. See Utah Code 35A-8-1601
• Criminal syndicalism: means the doctrine that advocates crime, violence, force, arson, destruction of property, sabotage, or other unlawful acts or methods, as a means of accomplishing or effecting industrial or political ends, or as a means of effecting industrial or political revolution. See Utah Code 76-8-901
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Department: means the Department of Workforce Services created in Section 35A-1-103. See Utah Code 35A-1-102
• Devise: To gift property by will.
• Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. ^Source:
• Division: means the Housing and Community Development Division. See Utah Code 35A-8-1601
• 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.
• False statement: includes a false unsworn declaration. See Utah Code 76-8-501
• 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.
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
• Hearsay: Statements by a witness who did not see or hear the incident in question but heard about it from someone else. Hearsay is usually not admissible as evidence in court.
• 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
• 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.
• Juror: A person who is on the jury.
• 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
• Material: means capable of affecting the course or outcome of an official proceeding, unless the individual who made the statement or provided the information retracts the statement or information before the earlier of:
       (2)(a) the end of the official proceeding in which the statement was made or the information was provided;
       (2)(b) when it becomes manifest that the false or misleading nature of the statement or information has been or will be exposed; or
       (2)(c) when the statement or information substantially affects the proceeding. See Utah Code 76-8-501
• Oath: includes "affirmation. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
• 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
• Official proceeding: means :
       (3)(a) a proceeding before:

            (3)(a)(i) a legislative, judicial, administrative, or other governmental body or official authorized by law to take evidence under oath or affirmation;

            (3)(a)(ii) a notary; or

            (3)(a)(iii) an individual who takes evidence in connection with a proceeding described in Subsection (3)(a)(i);
       (3)(b) a civil or administrative action, trial, examination under oath, administrative proceeding, or other civil or administrative adjudicative process; or
       (3)(c) an investigation or audit conducted by:

            (3)(c)(i) the Legislature, or a house, committee, subcommittee, or task force of the Legislature; or

            (3)(c)(ii) an employee or independent contractor of an entity described in Subsection (3)(c)(i), at or under the direction of an entity described in Subsection (3)(c)(i). See Utah Code 76-8-501
• Overpayment: means the same as that term is defined in Section 35A-3-102. See Utah Code 76-8-1201
• 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.
• Peace officer: means an employee of a police or law enforcement agency that is part of or administered by the state or a political subdivision of the state, and whose duties consist primarily of the prevention and detection of crime and the enforcement of criminal statutes or ordinances of this state or a political subdivision of the state. See Utah Code 76-8-101
• Pecuniary benefit: means an advantage in the form of money, property, commercial interest, or anything else, the primary significance of which is economic gain. See Utah Code 76-8-101
• Person: means an individual, public or private corporation, government, partnership, or unincorporated association. See Utah Code 76-1-101.5
• Preliminary hearing: A hearing where the judge decides whether there is enough evidence to make the defendant have a trial.
• 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
• Provider: means a person or entity that receives compensation from any public assistance program for goods or services provided to a public assistance recipient. See Utah Code 76-8-1201
• Public assistance: means the same as that term is defined in Section 35A-1-102. See Utah Code 76-8-1201
• 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
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• 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
• Revitalization Fund: means the Uintah Basin Revitalization Fund. See Utah Code 35A-8-1601
• Sabotage: means the unlawful and intentional damage or injury to, or destruction of, real or personal property, of an employer or owner by an individual. See Utah Code 76-8-901
• 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.
• Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
• 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.
• Tribe: means the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation. See Utah Code 35A-8-1601
• United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Unsworn declaration: means the same as that term is defined in Section 78B-18a-102. See Utah Code 76-8-501
• 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
• Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.
• Writ: means an order or precept in writing, issued in the name of:
       (47)(a) the state;
       (47)(b) a court; or
       (47)(c) a judicial officer. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• 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