Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 78B > Chapter 7 > Part 11 - Workplace Violence Protective Orders

• 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.
• Court: means the district court or juvenile court. See Utah Code 78B-7-201
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Employee: means an employee in the service of an employer for compensation. See Utah Code 78B-7-1101
• Employer: means a person who employs an individual in this state. See Utah Code 78B-7-1101
• 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.
• Ex parte workplace violence protective order: means an order issued without notice to the respondent under this part. See Utah Code 78B-7-1101
• 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.
• law enforcement agency: means any public agency having general police power and charged with making arrests in connection with enforcement of the criminal statutes and ordinances of this state or any political subdivision. See Utah Code 78B-7-102
• Lawsuit: A legal action started by a plaintiff against a defendant based on a complaint that the defendant failed to perform a legal duty, resulting in harm to the plaintiff.
• 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
• 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
• Protective order: means :
       (4)(a) a workplace violence protective order; or
       (4)(b) an ex parte workplace violence protective order. See Utah Code 78B-7-1101
• Respondent: means the individual against whom enforcement of a protective order is sought. See Utah Code 78B-7-102
• Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
• 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
• Workplace violence: means knowingly causing or threatening to cause bodily injury to, or significant damage to the property of, a person, if:
       (5)(a) the person is:

            (5)(a)(i) an employer; or

            (5)(a)(ii) an employee performing the employee's duties as an employee; and
       (5)(b)

            (5)(b)(i) the action would cause a reasonable person to feel terrorized, frightened, intimidated, or harassed; or

            (5)(b)(ii) the threat:

                 (5)(b)(ii)(A) would cause a reasonable person to fear that the threat will be carried out; and

                 (5)(b)(ii)(B) if carried out, would cause a reasonable person to feel terrorized, frightened, intimidated, or harassed. See Utah Code 78B-7-1101
• Workplace violence protective order: means an order issued under this part after a hearing on the petition, of which the petitioner and respondent have been given notice. See Utah Code 78B-7-1101