Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 76 > Chapter 8 > Part 12 - Public Assistance Fraud

• 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
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Bequest: Property gifted by will.
• Client: means a person who receives or has received public assistance. See Utah Code 76-8-1201
• Conduct: means an act or omission. See Utah Code 76-1-101.5
• Devise: To gift property by will.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Overpayment: means the same as that term is defined in Section 35A-3-102. See Utah Code 76-8-1201
• Person: means an individual, public or private corporation, government, partnership, or unincorporated association. See Utah Code 76-1-101.5
• 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
• 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
• 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