Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 10 > Chapter 3 > Part 8 - Municipal Administration

• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Attorney general: means the attorney general of the state or one of his assistants. See Utah Code 11-30-2
• Bonds: means any evidence or contract of indebtedness that is issued or authorized by a public body, including, without limitation, bonds, refunding bonds, advance refunding bonds, bond anticipation notes, tax anticipation notes, notes, certificates of indebtedness, warrants, commercial paper, contracts, and leases, whether they are general obligations of the issuing public body or are payable solely from a specified source, including annual appropriations by the public body. See Utah Code 11-30-2
• City: means a municipality that is classified by population as a city of the first class, a city of the second class, a city of the third class, a city of the fourth class, or a city of the fifth class, under Section 10-2-301. See Utah Code 10-1-104
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• County attorney: means the county attorney of a county or one of his assistants. See Utah Code 11-30-2
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Governing body: means collectively the legislative body and the executive of any municipality. See Utah Code 10-1-104
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• 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.
• Municipal: means of or relating to a municipality. See Utah Code 10-1-104
• Municipality: means :
       (5)(a) a city of the first class, city of the second class, city of the third class, city of the fourth class, city of the fifth class;
       (5)(b) a town, as classified in Section 10-2-301; or
       (5)(c) a preliminary municipality incorporated under Chapter 2a, Part 5, Incorporation of a Preliminary Municipality. See Utah Code 10-1-104
• Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
• Oath: includes "affirmation. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Person: means any person, association, corporation, or other entity. See Utah Code 11-30-2
• Person: means an individual, corporation, partnership, organization, association, trust, governmental agency, or any other legal entity. See Utah Code 10-1-104
• Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Public body: means the state or any agency, authority, instrumentality, or institution of the state, or any county, municipality, quasi-municipal corporation, school district, special district, special service district, political subdivision, or other governmental entity existing under the laws of the state, whether or not possessed of any taxing power. See Utah Code 11-30-2
• State: means the state of Utah. See Utah Code 11-30-2
• 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
• Town: means a municipality classified by population as a town under Section 10-2-301. See Utah Code 10-1-104
• Validity: means any matter relating to the legality and validity of the bonds and the security therefor, including, without limitation, the legality and validity of:
       (9)(a) a public body's authority to issue and deliver the bonds;
       (9)(b) any ordinance, resolution, or statute granting the public body authority to issue and deliver the bonds;
       (9)(c) all proceedings, elections, if any, and any other actions taken or to be taken in connection with the issuance, sale, or delivery of the bonds;
       (9)(d) the purpose, location, or manner of the expenditure of funds;
       (9)(e) the organization or boundaries of the public body;
       (9)(f) any assessments, taxes, rates, rentals, fees, charges, or tolls levied or that may be levied in connection with the bonds;
       (9)(g) any lien, proceeding, or other remedy for the collection of those assessments, taxes, rates, rentals, fees, charges, or tolls;
       (9)(h) any contract or lease executed or to be executed in connection with the bonds;
       (9)(i) the pledge of any taxes, revenues, receipts, rentals, or property, or encumbrance thereon or security interest therein to secure the bonds; and
       (9)(j) any covenants or provisions contained in or to be contained in the bonds. See Utah Code 11-30-2