Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 26B > Chapter 3 > Part 11 - Utah False Claims Act

• Amenities: means the following physical, recreational or social facilities located at a mobile home park:
       (1)(a) a club house;
       (1)(b) a park;
       (1)(c) a playground;
       (1)(d) a swimming pool;
       (1)(e) a hot tub;
       (1)(f) a tennis court; or
       (1)(g) a basketball court. See Utah Code 57-16-3
• Benefit: means the receipt of money, goods, or any other thing of pecuniary value. See Utah Code 26B-3-1101
• Charity: An agency, institution, or organization in existence and operating for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons and conducted for educational, religious, scientific, medical, or other beneficent purposes.
• Claim: means any request or demand for money or property:
       (2)(a) made to any:

            (2)(a)(i) employee, officer, or agent of the state;

            (2)(a)(ii) contractor with the state; or

            (2)(a)(iii) grantee or other recipient, whether or not under contract with the state; and
       (2)(b) if:

            (2)(b)(i) any portion of the money or property requested or demanded was issued from or provided by the state; or

            (2)(b)(ii) the state will reimburse the contractor, grantee, or other recipient for any portion of the money or property. See Utah Code 26B-3-1101
• 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.
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• 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.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. ^Source:
• 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.
• Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
• false representation: means a wholly or partially untrue statement or representation which is:
       (3)(a) knowingly made; and
       (3)(b) a material fact with respect to the claim. See Utah Code 26B-3-1101
• Fees: means other charges incidental to a resident's tenancy including, but not limited to, late fees, charges for pets, charges for storage of recreational vehicles, charges for the use of park facilities, and security deposits. See Utah Code 57-16-3
• Health care provider: means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-8-411. See Utah Code 26B-3-1101
• 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.
• 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
• 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}
• Medicaid program: means the state program for medical assistance for persons who are eligible under the state plan adopted pursuant to Title XIX of the federal Social Security Act. See Utah Code 26B-3-101
• Medical assistance: means services furnished or payments made to or on behalf of a member. See Utah Code 26B-3-101
• Medical benefit: means a benefit paid or payable to:
       (6)(a) a health care provider; or
       (6)(b) a recipient or a provider under a program administered by the state under:

            (6)(b)(i) Titles V and XIX of the federal Social Security Act;

            (6)(b)(ii) Title X of the federal Public Health Services Act;

            (6)(b)(iii) the federal Child Nutrition Act of 1966 as amended by Pub. See Utah Code 26B-3-1101
• Mobile home: means a transportable structure in one or more sections with the plumbing, heating, and electrical systems contained within the unit, which when erected on a site, may be used with or without a permanent foundation as a family dwelling. See Utah Code 57-16-3
• Mobile home park: means any tract of land on which two or more mobile home spaces are leased, or offered for lease or rent, to accommodate mobile homes for residential purposes. See Utah Code 57-16-3
• Mobile home space: means a specific area of land within a mobile home park designed to accommodate one mobile home. See Utah Code 57-16-3
• Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• 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.
• Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
• Oath: includes "affirmation. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• 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 an individual, corporation, unincorporated association, professional corporation, partnership, or other form of business association. See Utah Code 26B-3-1101
• Personal property: includes :
       (25)(a) money;
       (25)(b) goods;
       (25)(c) chattels;
       (25)(d) effects;
       (25)(e) evidences of a right in action;
       (25)(f) a written instrument by which a pecuniary obligation, right, or title to property is created, acknowledged, transferred, increased, defeated, discharged, or diminished; and
       (25)(g) a right or interest in an item described in Subsections (25)(a) through (f). See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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 utility: means an entity that provides electrical or gas service, including a:
       (7)(a) public utility as defined in Title 54, Chapter 2, General Provisions; or
       (7)(b) municipality as defined in Title 10, Utah Municipal Code. See Utah Code 57-16-3
• Recipient: means a person who has received medical assistance under the Medicaid program. See Utah Code 26B-3-101
• Rent: means charges paid for the privilege of occupying a mobile home space, and may include service charges and fees. See Utah Code 57-16-3
• Resident: means an individual who leases or rents space in a mobile home park. See Utah Code 57-16-3
• Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
• Service charges: means separate charges paid for the use of electrical and gas service improvements which exist at a mobile home space, or for trash removal, sewage and water, or any combination of the above. See Utah Code 57-16-3
• Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
• 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.
• 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.
• Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
• United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. 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.
• 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