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Terms Used In Utah Code 78B-6-514

  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • 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
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.

     The plaintiff shall, within 30 days after final judgment, pay the sum of money assessed; and, if the plaintiff is a railroad company, it shall also execute to the defendant a bond, with sureties, to be determined and approved by the court or judge, conditioned that the plaintiff will build proper fences within six months from the time the railroad is built on or over the land taken. In an action on the bond all damages sustained and the cost of the construction of fences may be recovered.