Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 20A > Chapter 20 > Part 3 - Proceedings

• Administrator: includes "executor" when the subject matter justifies the use. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• Allegation: something that someone says happened.
• Certificate: means a license issued by a governmental jurisdiction outside the state. See Utah Code 53E-6-102
• Commission: means the Utah Independent Redistricting Commission created in Section 20A-20-201. See Utah Code 20A-20-102
• Committee: means the Legislature's redistricting committee. See Utah Code 20A-20-102
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Decennial year: means a year during which the United States Bureau of Census conducts a national decennial census. See Utah Code 20A-20-102
• Educator: means :
       (2)(a) a person who holds a license;
       (2)(b) a teacher, counselor, administrator, librarian, or other person required, under rules of the state board, to hold a license; or
       (2)(c) a person who is the subject of an allegation which has been received by an LEA, the state board, or UPPAC and was, at the time noted in the allegation, a license holder or a person employed in a position requiring licensure. See Utah Code 53E-6-102
• Elected official: means :
       (18)(a) a person elected to an office under Section 20A-1-303 or Chapter 4, Part 6, Municipal Alternate Voting Methods Pilot Project;
       (18)(b) a person who is considered to be elected to a municipal office in accordance with Subsection 20A-1-206(1)(c)(ii); or
       (18)(c) a person who is considered to be elected to a special district office in accordance with Subsection 20A-1-206(3)(b)(ii). See Utah Code 20A-1-102
• Election: means a regular general election, a municipal general election, a statewide special election, a local special election, a regular primary election, a municipal primary election, and a special district election. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
• Equal: means , with respect to biological sex, of the same value. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• 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.
• 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.
• LEA: means :
       (6)(a) a school district;
       (6)(b) a charter school; or
       (6)(c) the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind. See Utah Code 53E-1-102
• License: means an authorization issued by the state board that permits the holder to serve in a professional capacity in the public schools. See Utah Code 53E-6-102
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• 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
• Political party: means an organization of registered voters that has qualified to participate in an election by meeting the requirements of Chapter 8, Political Party Formation and Procedures. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
• Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• School: means a public or private entity that provides educational services to a minor child. See Utah Code 53E-6-102
• Signature: includes a name, mark, or sign written with the intent to authenticate an instrument or writing. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Special redistricting: means redistricting that is not a regular decennial redistricting. See Utah Code 20A-20-102
• 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
• State board: means the State Board of Education. See Utah Code 53E-1-102
• State superintendent: means the state superintendent of public instruction appointed under Section 53E-3-301. See Utah Code 53E-1-102
• UPPAC: means the Utah Professional Practices Advisory Commission. See Utah Code 53E-6-102
• Veto: The procedure established under the Constitution by which the President/Governor refuses to approve a bill or joint resolution and thus prevents its enactment into law. A regular veto occurs when the President/Governor returns the legislation to the house in which it originated. The President/Governor usually returns a vetoed bill with a message indicating his reasons for rejecting the measure. In Congress, the veto can be overridden only by a two-thirds vote in both the Senate and the House.