Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 57 > Chapter 31 > Part 2 - Remedies

• 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.
• Certified copy: means a copy of a document certified by its custodian to be a true and correct copy of the document or the copy of the document maintained by the custodian, where the document or copy is maintained under the authority of the United States, the state of Utah or any of its political subdivisions, another state, a court of record, a foreign government, or an Indian tribe. See Utah Code 57-1-1
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• Deed: means an instrument in writing, including any conveyance that affects, purports to affect, describes, or otherwise concerns any right, title, or interest in real property. See Utah Code 57-31-101
• Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. ^Source:
• Document: means every instrument in writing, including every conveyance, affecting, purporting to affect, describing, or otherwise concerning any right, title, or interest in real property, except wills and leases for a term not exceeding one year. See Utah Code 57-1-1
• Fraudulent deed: means a deed that is not executed or authorized to be executed by the record interest holder. See Utah Code 57-31-101
• Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
• Interest holder: means a person who holds or possesses a present, lawful property interest in real property. See Utah Code 57-31-101
• Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Purported grantee: means a person who is identified as the grantee on a fraudulent deed. See Utah Code 57-31-101
• Purported grantor: means a person who executes or causes to be executed a fraudulent deed. See Utah Code 57-31-101
• 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
• Record interest holder: means a person:
       (6)(a) who holds or possesses a present, lawful property interest in real property; and
       (6)(b) whose name and interest in the real property appears in the county recorder's records for the county in which the property is located. See Utah Code 57-31-101
• 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