Terms Used In Utah Code 58-9-705

• Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
• Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. ^{Source: OCC}
• Beneficiary: means the individual who, at the time of the individual's death, is to receive the benefit of the property and services purchased under a preneed funeral arrangement. See Utah Code 58-9-102
• Buyer: means a person who purchases a preneed funeral arrangement. See Utah Code 58-9-102
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• 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.
• 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.
• Preneed funeral arrangement: means a written or oral agreement sold in advance of the death of the beneficiary under which a person agrees with a buyer to provide at the death of the beneficiary any of the following as are typically provided in connection with a disposition:
            (26)(a)(i) goods;
            (26)(a)(ii) services, including:

                 (26)(a)(ii)(A) embalming services; and

                 (26)(a)(ii)(B) funeral directing services;
            (26)(a)(iii) real property; or
            (26)(a)(iv) personal property, including:

                 (26)(a)(iv)(A) a casket;

                 (26)(a)(iv)(B) another primary container;

                 (26)(a)(iv)(C) a cremation, alkaline hydrolysis, or transportation container;

                 (26)(a)(iv)(D) an outer burial container;

                 (26)(a)(iv)(E) a vault;

                 (26)(a)(iv)(F) a grave liner;

                 (26)(a)(iv)(G) funeral clothing and accessories;

                 (26)(a)(iv)(H) a monument;

                 (26)(a)(iv)(I) a grave marker; and

                 (26)(a)(iv)(J) a cremation or alkaline hydrolysis urn. See Utah Code 58-9-102
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.