Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 13 > Chapter 2 - Division of Consumer Protection

• Adjudicative proceeding: means :
       (2)(a) an action by a board, commission, department, officer, or other administrative unit of the state that determines the legal rights, duties, privileges, immunities, or other legal interests of one or more identifiable persons, including an action to grant, deny, revoke, suspend, modify, annul, withdraw, or amend an authority, right, or license; and
       (2)(b) judicial review of an action described in Subsection (2)(a). See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Administrator: includes "executor" when the subject matter justifies the use. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Adverse action: means :
            (1)(a)(i) an action that results in:

                 (1)(a)(i)(A) the refusal to hire a potential employee; or

                 (1)(a)(i)(B) the termination of employment, demotion, or reduction of wages of an employee; or
            (1)(a)(ii) a governmental entity separating an employee from another employee solely because of the COVID-19 vaccination status of the employee. See Utah Code 34-56-101
• Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
• Advisory board executive committee: means the executive committee of the Agricultural Advisory Board created by Section 4-2-108. See Utah Code 73-20-2
• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• Anchored: means a vessel that is temporarily attached to the bed or shoreline of a waterbody by any method and the hull of the vessel is not touching the bed or shoreline. See Utah Code 73-18-2
• Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
• 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.
• Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
• Applicant: means an individual who provides information to a public employer or private employer for the purpose of obtaining employment. See Utah Code 34-52-102
• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
• Average weekly wages: means the average weekly wages as determined under Section 34A-2-409. See Utah Code 34A-2-102
• Award: means a final order of the commission as to the amount of compensation due:
            (1)(b)(i) an injured employee; or
            (1)(b)(ii) a dependent of a deceased employee. See Utah Code 34A-2-102
• Basic livestock: means a herd of cattle, sheep, or swine kept and maintained primarily for breeding purposes. See Utah Code 73-20-2
• Beached: means that a vessel's hull is resting on the bed or shoreline of a waterbody. See Utah Code 73-18-2
• 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}
• Board: means the Board of Water Resources created by Section Utah Code 73-20-2
• Boat livery: means a person that holds a vessel for renting or leasing. See Utah Code 73-18-2
• Broadcasting company: means a person engaged in the business of:
       (2)(a) distributing or transmitting electronic or electromagnetic signals to the general public using one or more of the following:

            (2)(a)(i) television;

            (2)(a)(ii) cable; or

            (2)(a)(iii) radio; or
       (2)(b) preparing, developing, or creating one or more programs or messages for distribution or transmission by means described in Subsection (2)(a). See Utah Code 34-51-102
• Broadcasting employee: means an employee of a broadcasting company. See Utah Code 34-51-102
• Brother or sister: includes a half brother or sister. See Utah Code 34A-2-102
• Building service: means any of the following services, if the charge for the service is $3,000 or less:
       (1)(a) cleaning or janitorial;
       (1)(b) furniture delivery, assembly, moving, or installation;
       (1)(c) landscaping;
       (1)(d) home repair; or
       (1)(e) any service similar to the services described in Subsections (1)(a) through (d). See Utah Code 34-53-102
• Building service contractor: means a person who enters into an agreement with a service marketplace platform to use the service marketplace platform's software platform to connect with and receive requests from customers seeking a building service. See Utah Code 34-53-102
• Carrying passengers for hire: means to transport persons on vessels or to lead persons on vessels for consideration. See Utah Code 73-18-2
• Certified mail: means a method of mailing by any carrier that is accompanied by proof of delivery. See Utah Code 34A-1-102
• Child: includes :
            (2)(b)(i) a posthumous child; or
            (2)(b)(ii) a child legally adopted prior to an injury. See Utah Code 34A-2-102
• 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
• City: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Commercial farm: means a tract or tracts of land with or without improvements recognized as a farm or ranch in this state which is owned and operated or leased and operated by the applicant, and used in the production and raising of basic livestock. See Utah Code 73-20-2
• Commission: means the Outdoor Adventure Commission. See Utah Code 73-18-2
• Commission: means the Outdoor Adventure Commission. See Utah Code 73-18a-1
• Commission: means the Labor Commission created in Section 34A-1-103. See Utah Code 34A-1-102
• Commissioner: means the commissioner of the commission appointed under Section 34A-1-201. See Utah Code 34A-1-102
• Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
• Compensation: means the payments and benefits provided for in this chapter or Chapter 3, Utah Occupational Disease Act. See Utah Code 34A-2-102
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Consideration: means something of value given or done in exchange for something given or done by another. See Utah Code 73-18-2
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Credit Score: A number, roughly between 300 and 800, that measures an individual's credit worthiness. The most well-known type of credit score is the FICO score. This score represents the answer from a mathematical formula that assigns numerical values to various pieces of information in your credit report. ^{Source: OCC}
• Criminal conviction: means a verdict or finding of guilt after a criminal trial or a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to a criminal charge. See Utah Code 34-52-102
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Dealer: means any person who is licensed by the appropriate authority to engage in and who is engaged in the business of buying and selling vessels or of manufacturing them for sale. See Utah Code 73-18-2
• Decedent: A deceased person.
• Decision: includes :
                 (1)(d)(ii)(A) an award or denial of a medical, disability, death, or other related benefit under this chapter or Chapter 3, Utah Occupational Disease Act; or
                 (1)(d)(ii)(B) another adjudicative ruling in accordance with this chapter or Chapter 3, Utah Occupational Disease Act. See Utah Code 34A-2-102
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Digital application: means an Internet-connected software application that a person uses to obtain or provide a remote service. See Utah Code 34-53a-102
• Director: means the director of the division, unless the context requires otherwise. See Utah Code 34A-2-102
• Disability: means an administrative determination that may result in an entitlement to compensation as a consequence of becoming medically impaired as to function. See Utah Code 34A-2-102
• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. ^Source:
• Division: means the Division of Outdoor Recreation. See Utah Code 73-18-2
• Division: means the Division of Outdoor Recreation. See Utah Code 73-18a-1
• Division: means the Division of Water Rights, Department of Natural Resources. See Utah Code 73-22-3
• Division: means the Division of Antidiscrimination and Labor in the commission. See Utah Code 34-54-102
• Division: means the Division of Industrial Accidents. See Utah Code 34A-2-102
• Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
• Embezzlement: In most states, embezzlement is defined as theft/larceny of assets (money or property) by a person in a position of trust or responsibility over those assets. Embezzlement typically occurs in the employment and corporate settings. ^{Source: OCC}
• Employee: means an individual suffered or permitted to work by an employer. See Utah Code 34-56-101
• Employer: means , except as provided in Subsection (2)(b), a public service organization in the state that employs one or more individuals. See Utah Code 34-54-102
• employer: includes a federal contractor. See Utah Code 34-56-101
• Employment certification form: means the form provided by the United States Department of Education, in part, to verify that an individual's employment qualifies for participation in a student loan forgiveness program. See Utah Code 34-54-102
• Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
• Equal: means , with respect to biological sex, of the same value. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}
• 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 officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
• Exempt broadcasting employee: means a broadcasting employee who is compensated on a salary basis, as defined in Utah Code 34-51-102
• Farmer: means any person who owns and operates or leases and operates a commercial farm in this state, and includes individuals, partnerships and corporations. See Utah Code 73-20-2
• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation: A government corporation that insures the deposits of all national and state banks that are members of the Federal Reserve System. ^{Source: OCC}
• Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• Geothermal area: means the general land area which is underlain or reasonably appears to be underlain by geothermal resources. See Utah Code 73-22-3
• Geothermal resource: means :
            (5)(a)(i) the natural heat of the earth at temperatures greater than 120 degrees centigrade; and
            (5)(a)(ii) the energy, in whatever form, including pressure, present in, resulting from, created by, or which may be extracted from that natural heat, directly or through a material medium. See Utah Code 73-22-3
• Geothermal system: means any strata, pool, reservoir, or other geologic formation containing geothermal resources. See Utah Code 73-22-3
• Governing body: means collectively the legislative body and the executive of any municipality. See Utah Code 10-1-104
• Governmental entity: means :
       (6)(a) an executive branch agency as defined in Section 63A-16-102;
       (6)(b) the legislative branch;
       (6)(c) the judicial branch;
       (6)(d) the State Board of Education;
       (6)(e) the Utah Board of Higher Education;
       (6)(f) an institution of higher education; and
       (6)(g) a political subdivision of the state:

            (6)(g)(i) as defined in Section 17B-1-102; and

            (6)(g)(ii) including a school district. See Utah Code 34-56-101
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• Guardian: includes a person who:
       (14)(a) qualifies as a guardian of a minor or incapacitated person pursuant to testamentary or court appointment; or
       (14)(b) is appointed by a court to manage the estate of a minor or incapacitated person. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Highway: includes :
       (15)(a) a public bridge;
       (15)(b) a county way;
       (15)(c) a county road;
       (15)(d) a common road; and
       (15)(e) a state road. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Hiring party: means a person who hires or enters into a contract with an independent contractor. See Utah Code 34-57-101
• Human body waste: means excrement, feces, or other waste material discharged from the human body. See Utah Code 73-18a-1
• Impairment: is a purely medical condition reflecting an anatomical or functional abnormality or loss. See Utah Code 34A-2-102
• Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. ^{Source: FDIC}
• Independent contractor: means the same as that term is defined in Section 34A-2-103. See Utah Code 34-57-101
• 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.
• Juvenile adjudication: means :
       (3)(a) a finding by a court that the facts in a petition or criminal information alleging an individual committed an offense when the individual was younger than 18 years old have been proved; or
       (3)(b) an admission or plea of no contest under Section 80-6-306. See Utah Code 34-52-102
• 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
• LEA: means a school district, a charter school, or the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind. See Utah Code 34-54-102
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Lineal descendant: Direct descendant of the same ancestors.
• Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
• Litter: means any bottles, glass, crockery, cans, scrap metal, junk, paper, garbage, rubbish, or similar refuse discarded as no longer useful. See Utah Code 73-18a-1
• Man: means an adult human male. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Marine toilet: means any toilet or other receptacle permanently installed on or within any vessel for the purpose of receiving human body waste. See Utah Code 73-18a-1
• Marketplace company: means a person that:
       (2)(a) offers a digital application to the public; and
       (2)(b) accepts requests for remote services exclusively through the person's digital application. See Utah Code 34-53a-102
• Material medium: means geothermal fluids, or water and other substances artificially introduced into a geothermal system to serve as a heat transfer medium. See Utah Code 73-22-3
• Mental health professional applicant: means an individual who:
       (4)(a) is licensed under Title 58, Chapter 60, Mental Health Professional Practice Act; and
       (4)(b) provides information to a public employer or private employer for the purpose of obtaining employment that requires a license under Title 58, Chapter 60, Mental Health Professional Practice Act. See Utah Code 34-52-102
• Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Moored: means long term, on the water vessel storage in an area designated and properly marked by the division or other applicable managing agency. See Utah Code 73-18-2
• Motor carrier: means a person engaged in the business of transporting freight, merchandise, or other property by a commercial vehicle on a highway within this state. See Utah Code 34A-2-104
• Motor vehicle: means a self-propelled vehicle intended primarily for use and operation on the highways, including a trailer or semitrailer designed for use with another motorized vehicle. See Utah Code 34A-2-104
• Motorboat: means any vessel propelled by machinery, whether or not the machinery is the principal source of propulsion. See Utah Code 73-18-2
• 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
• Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
• Nurse practitioner: means an individual who is licensed to practice as an advanced practice registered nurse under Title 58, Chapter 31b, Nurse Practice Act. See Utah Code 34-56-101
• Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
• Oath: includes "affirmation. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• Occupational accident related insurance: means insurance that provides the following coverage at a minimum aggregate policy limit of $1,000,000 for all benefits paid, including medical expense benefits, for an injury sustained in the course of working under a written agreement described in Subsection (5)(d)(iii):
            (7)(c)(i) disability benefits;
            (7)(c)(ii) death benefits; and
            (7)(c)(iii) medical expense benefits, which include:

                 (7)(c)(iii)(A) hospital coverage;

                 (7)(c)(iii)(B) surgical coverage;

                 (7)(c)(iii)(C) prescription drug coverage; and

                 (7)(c)(iii)(D) dental coverage. See Utah Code 34A-2-104
• Operate: means to navigate, control, or otherwise use a vessel. See Utah Code 73-18-2
• Operator: means the person who is in control of a vessel while it is in use. See Utah Code 73-18-2
• Operator: means the person who is in control of a vessel while it is in use. See Utah Code 73-18a-1
• Operator: means any person drilling, maintaining, operating, producing, or in control of any well. See Utah Code 73-22-3
• Oral argument: An opportunity for lawyers to summarize their position before the court and also to answer the judges' questions.
• Order: means an action of the commission that determines the legal rights, duties, privileges, immunities, or other interests of one or more specific persons, but not a class of persons. See Utah Code 34A-2-102
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Owner: includes a person entitled to the use or possession of a vessel subject to an interest by another person, reserved or created by agreement and securing payment or performance of an obligation. See Utah Code 73-18-2
• Owner: means a person, other than a lien holder, holding a proprietary interest in or the title to a vessel. See Utah Code 73-18a-1
• Owner: means a person who has the right to drill into, produce, and make use of the geothermal resource. See Utah Code 73-22-3
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Person: means any individual, business entity (corporate or otherwise), or political subdivision of this or any other state. See Utah Code 73-22-3
• Person: means an individual, corporation, partnership, organization, association, trust, governmental agency, or any other legal entity. See Utah Code 10-1-104
• 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
• Personal injury by accident arising out of and in the course of employment: includes an injury caused by the willful act of a third person directed against an employee because of the employee's employment. See Utah Code 34A-2-102
• Personal watercraft: means a motorboat that is:
       (16)(a) less than 16 feet in length;
       (16)(b) propelled by a water jet pump; and
       (16)(c) designed to be operated by a person sitting, standing, or kneeling on the vessel, rather than sitting or standing inside the vessel. See Utah Code 73-18-2
• Physician: means an individual licensed to practice as a physician or osteopath under Title 58, Chapter 67, Utah Medical Practice Act, or Title 58, Chapter 68, Utah Osteopathic Medical Practice Act. See Utah Code 34-56-101
• Physician assistant: means an individual who is licensed to practice as a physician assistant under Title 58, Chapter 70a, Utah Physician Assistant Act. See Utah Code 34-56-101
• Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
• Portable benefit plan: means a group that:
       (3)(a) offers an insurance product regulated by:

            (3)(a)(i) Title 31A, Insurance Code; or

            (3)(a)(ii) Title 35A, Chapter 4, Employment Security Act; and
       (3)(b) is assigned to an individual beneficiary and is not associated with a specific employer or hiring party. See Utah Code 34-57-101
• Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
• Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
• Primary care provider: means a nurse practitioner, physician, or physician assistant. See Utah Code 34-56-101
• Private employer: means a person who has one or more employees employed in the same business, or in or about the same establishment, under any contract of hire, express or implied, oral or written. See Utah Code 34-52-102
• 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
• Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
• Public employer: means an employer that is:
       (6)(a) the state or any administrative subunit of the state, including a department, division, board, council, committee, institution, office, bureau, or other similar administrative unit of state government;
       (6)(b) a state institution of higher education; or
       (6)(c) a municipal corporation, county, municipality, school district, special district, special service district, or other political subdivision of the state. See Utah Code 34-52-102
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program: means the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program described in Utah Code 34-54-102
• Public service organization: means the same as that term is defined in Utah Code 34-54-102
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• Remand: When an appellate court sends a case back to a lower court for further proceedings.
• Remote service: includes tutoring, closed captioning, open captioning, subtitling, transcribing, translating, interpreting, and conducting a language assessment remotely through a digital application. See Utah Code 34-53a-102
• Remote-service contractor: means a person who uses a marketplace company's digital application to provide a remote service to another person. See Utah Code 34-53a-102
• Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
• Road: includes :
       (33)(a) a public bridge;
       (33)(b) a county way;
       (33)(c) a county road;
       (33)(d) a common road; and
       (33)(e) a state road. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Sailboat: means any vessel having one or more sails and propelled by wind. See Utah Code 73-18-2
• Sale of a business: means a transfer of the ownership by sale, acquisition, merger, or other method of the tangible or intangible assets of a business entity, or a division or segment of the business entity. See Utah Code 34-51-102
• Service marketplace platform: means an entity that:
       (3)(a) uses an Internet-connected software platform, including a mobile application:

            (3)(a)(i) to connect building service contractors with customers seeking a building service; and

            (3)(a)(ii) through which a customer may request a building service; and
       (3)(b) charges the building service contractor a fee to use the software platform. See Utah Code 34-53-102
• Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
• Sex: means , in relation to an individual, the individual's biological sex, either male or female, at birth, according to distinct reproductive roles as manifested by:
       (34)(a) sex and reproductive organ anatomy;
       (34)(b) chromosomal makeup; and
       (34)(c) endogenous hormone profiles. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• 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
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Student loan forgiveness program: means :
       (7)(a) the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program; or
       (7)(b) the Teacher Loan Forgiveness Program. See Utah Code 34-54-102
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
• Teacher: means the same as that term is defined in Utah Code 34-54-102
• Teacher Loan Forgiveness Program: means the Teacher Loan Forgiveness Program described in Utah Code 34-54-102
• Temporary restraining order: Prohibits a person from an action that is likely to cause irreparable harm. This differs from an injunction in that it may be granted immediately, without notice to the opposing party, and without a hearing. It is intended to last only until a hearing can be held.
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• Town: means a municipality classified by population as a town under Section 10-2-301. See Utah Code 10-1-104
• Town: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
• United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Utah Code: means the 1953 recodification of the Utah Code, as amended, unless the text expressly references a portion of the 1953 recodification of the Utah Code as it existed:
       (42)(a) on the day on which the 1953 recodification of the Utah Code was enacted; or
       (42)(b)

            (42)(b)(i) after the day described in Subsection (42)(a); and

            (42)(b)(ii) before the most recent amendment to the referenced portion of the 1953 recodification of the Utah Code. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
• Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.
• Vessel: means every type of watercraft, other than a seaplane on the water, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water. See Utah Code 73-18-2
• Vessel: means every type of watercraft, other than a seaplane on the water, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water. See Utah Code 73-18a-1
• Wakeless speed: means an operating speed at which the vessel does not create or make a wake or white water trailing the vessel. See Utah Code 73-18-2
• Waste: means any inefficient, excessive, or improper production, use, or dissipation of geothermal resources. See Utah Code 73-22-3
• Waters of this state: means any waters within the territorial limits of this state. See Utah Code 73-18-2
• Waters of this state: means all waters within the territorial limits of this state except those used exclusively for private purposes. See Utah Code 73-18a-1
• Well: means any well drilled, converted, or reactivated for the discovery, testing, production, or subsurface injection of geothermal resources. See Utah Code 73-22-3
• Workplace: means the same as that term is defined in Section 34A-6-103. See Utah Code 34-56-101
• 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