Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 13 > Chapter 48a > Part 1 - General Provisions

• 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.
• Car sharing: means the authorized use of a motor vehicle:
            (1)(a)(i) by an individual other than the owner of the motor vehicle; and
            (1)(a)(ii) through a peer-to-peer car-sharing program. See Utah Code 13-48a-101
• Car-sharing agreement: means an agreement:
            (2)(a)(i) applicable to a shared vehicle owner and a shared vehicle driver; and
            (2)(a)(ii) that governs a shared vehicle driver's use of a shared vehicle through a car-sharing program. See Utah Code 13-48a-101
• Car-sharing delivery period: means the period of time during which a shared vehicle is being delivered to the location of the car-sharing start time, if applicable, as documented by the governing car-sharing agreement. See Utah Code 13-48a-101
• Car-sharing start time: means the time when a shared vehicle becomes subject to the control of the shared vehicle driver at or after the time the reservation of the shared vehicle is scheduled to begin, as documented in the records of the car-sharing program. See Utah Code 13-48a-101
• Car-sharing termination time: means the earliest of the following events:
       (7)(a) the expiration of the agreed upon period of time established for the use of a shared vehicle according to the terms of the car-sharing agreement, if the shared vehicle is delivered to the location agreed upon in the car-sharing agreement;
       (7)(b) when the shared vehicle is returned to a location as alternatively agreed upon by the shared vehicle owner and shared vehicle driver as communicated through a car-sharing program, which alternatively agreed upon location shall be incorporated into the car-sharing agreement; and
       (7)(c) when the shared vehicle owner or shared vehicle owner's authorized designee takes possession and control of the shared vehicle. See Utah Code 13-48a-101
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• 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}
• 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.
• Motor vehicle: means the same as that term is defined in Section 41-1a-102. See Utah Code 13-48a-101
• peer-to-peer car-sharing program: means a business platform that connects motor vehicle owners with drivers to enable the sharing of motor vehicles for consideration. See Utah Code 13-48a-101
• 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
• Shared vehicle: means a motor vehicle that is available for use by an individual other than the shared vehicle owner through a car-sharing program. See Utah Code 13-48a-101
• Shared vehicle driver: means an individual who has been authorized to drive a shared vehicle by the shared vehicle owner under a car-sharing program. See Utah Code 13-48a-101
• Shared vehicle owner: means :
            (12)(a)(i) the registered owner of a motor vehicle made available for car sharing; or
            (12)(a)(ii) a person designated by the registered owner of a motor vehicle made available for car sharing. See Utah Code 13-48a-101
• 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
• United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• 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