Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 17 > Chapter 30 - Deputy Sheriffs - Merit System

• 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.
• 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.
• 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 period: means the period of time that:
       (4)(a)

            (4)(a)(i) begins at the car-sharing delivery period; or

            (4)(a)(ii) if there is no car-sharing delivery period, begins at the car-sharing start time; and
       (4)(b) ends at the car-sharing termination time. 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
• Compensation: means anything of economic value that is paid, loaned, granted, given, donated, or transferred to a person for or in consideration of:
       (2)(a) services;
       (2)(b) personal or real property; or
       (2)(c) another thing of value. See Utah Code 13-49-102
• Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• County legislative body: means :
       (8)(a) the county commission, in the county commission or expanded county commission form of government established under Title 17, Chapter 52a, Changing Forms of County Government;
       (8)(b) the county council, in the county executive-council optional form of government authorized by Section 17-52a-203; and
       (8)(c) the county council, in the council-manager optional form of government authorized by Section 17-52a-204. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Department: means the Department of Commerce. See Utah Code 13-47-102
• Department: means the Department of Commerce. See Utah Code 13-49-102
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Division: means the Division of Consumer Protection in the department. See Utah Code 13-49-102
• Employee: means an individual:
       (2)(a) who is hired to perform services in Utah; and
       (2)(b) to whom a private employer provides a federal form required for federal taxation purposes to report income paid to the individual for the services performed. See Utah Code 13-47-102
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• Immigration consultant: means an individual who provides nonlegal assistance or advice on an immigration matter including:
       (5)(a) completing a document provided by a federal or state agency, but not advising a person as to the person's answers on the document;
       (5)(b) translating a person's answer to a question posed in a document provided by a federal or state agency;
       (5)(c) securing for a person supporting documents, such as a birth certificate, that may be necessary to complete a document provided by a federal or state agency;
       (5)(d) submitting a completed document on a person's behalf and at the person's request to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services; or
       (5)(e) for valuable consideration, referring a person to a person who could undertake legal representation activities in an immigration matter. See Utah Code 13-49-102
• Immigration matter: means a proceeding, filing, or action affecting the immigration or citizenship status of a person that arises under:
       (6)(a) immigration and naturalization law;
       (6)(b) executive order or presidential proclamation; or
       (6)(c) action of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, the United States Department of State, or the United States Department of Labor. See Utah Code 13-49-102
• 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}
• Legislative: when used to describe the powers, duties, or functions of a county commission or council, refers to:
       (3)(a) the power and duty to enact ordinances, levy taxes, and establish budgets; and
       (3)(b) those powers, duties, and functions that, under constitutional and statutory provisions and through long usage and accepted practice and custom at the federal and state level, have come to be regarded as belonging to the legislative branch of government. See Utah Code 17-50-101
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
• 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
• private employer: means a person who for federal taxation purposes is required to provide a federal form:
            (3)(a)(i) to an individual who performs services for the person in Utah; and
            (3)(a)(ii) to report income paid to the individual who performs the services. See Utah Code 13-47-102
• 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.
• 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
• Status verification system: includes :
            (4)(b)(i) the electronic verification of the work authorization program of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, Utah Code 13-47-102
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• 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