Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 31A > Chapter 6b > Part 1 - General Provisions

• 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.
• Application: means a document:
       (10)(a)

            (10)(a)(i) completed by an applicant to provide information about the risk to be insured; and

            (10)(a)(ii) that contains information that is used by the insurer to evaluate risk and decide whether to:

                 (10)(a)(ii)(A) insure the risk under:

                      (10)(a)(ii)(A)(I) the coverage as originally offered; or

                      (10)(a)(ii)(A)(II) a modification of the coverage as originally offered; or

                 (10)(a)(ii)(B) decline to insure the risk; or
       (10)(b) used by the insurer to gather information from the applicant before issuance of an annuity contract. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Broker-dealer: means a person engaged in the business of effecting transactions in securities for the account of others or for the person's own account. See Utah Code 61-1-13
• Commission: means the Securities Commission created in Section Utah Code 61-1-13
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Creditor: means a person, including an insured, having a claim, whether:
       (39)(a) matured;
       (39)(b) unmatured;
       (39)(c) liquidated;
       (39)(d) unliquidated;
       (39)(e) secured;
       (39)(f) unsecured;
       (39)(g) absolute;
       (39)(h) fixed; or
       (39)(i) contingent. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Director: means the director of the division appointed in accordance with Section 61-1-18. See Utah Code 61-1-13
• Division: means the Division of Securities established by Section 61-1-18. See Utah Code 61-1-13
• Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
• 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.
• Guaranteed: means guaranteed as to payment of principal or interest as to debt securities, or dividends as to equity securities. See Utah Code 61-1-13
• Insurance: includes :
            (96)(b)(i) a risk distributing arrangement providing for compensation or replacement for damages or loss through the provision of a service or a benefit in kind;
            (96)(b)(ii) a contract of guaranty or suretyship entered into by the guarantor or surety as a business and not as merely incidental to a business transaction; and
            (96)(b)(iii) a plan in which the risk does not rest upon the person who makes an arrangement, but with a class of persons who have agreed to share the risk. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• Issuer: means a person who issues or proposes to issue a security or has outstanding a security that it has issued. See Utah Code 61-1-13
• 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.
• 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}
• Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• Nonissuer: means not directly or indirectly for the benefit of the issuer. See Utah Code 61-1-13
• 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.
• Person: means :
            (1)(x)(i) an individual;
            (1)(x)(ii) a corporation;
            (1)(x)(iii) a partnership;
            (1)(x)(iv) a limited liability company;
            (1)(x)(v) an association;
            (1)(x)(vi) a joint-stock company;
            (1)(x)(vii) a joint venture;
            (1)(x)(viii) a trust where the interests of the beneficiaries are evidenced by a security;
            (1)(x)(ix) an unincorporated organization;
            (1)(x)(x) a government; or
            (1)(x)(xi) a political subdivision of a government. See Utah Code 61-1-13
• Person: includes :
       (146)(a) an individual;
       (146)(b) a partnership;
       (146)(c) a corporation;
       (146)(d) an incorporated or unincorporated association;
       (146)(e) a joint stock company;
       (146)(f) a trust;
       (146)(g) a limited liability company;
       (146)(h) a reciprocal;
       (146)(i) a syndicate; or
       (146)(j) another similar entity or combination of entities acting in concert. See Utah Code 31A-1-301
• Promoter: means a person who, acting alone or in concert with one or more persons, takes initiative in founding or organizing the business or enterprise of a person. See Utah Code 61-1-13
• Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
• purchase: means a contract for purchase of, contract to buy, or acquisition of a security or interest in a security for value. See Utah Code 61-1-13
• record: means information that is:
                 (1)(aa)(i)(A) inscribed in a tangible medium; or
                 (1)(aa)(i)(B)

                      (1)(aa)(i)(B)(I) stored in an electronic or other medium; and

                      (1)(aa)(i)(B)(II) retrievable in perceivable form. See Utah Code 61-1-13
• 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.
• Security: means a:
                 (1)(ee)(i)(A) note;
                 (1)(ee)(i)(B) stock;
                 (1)(ee)(i)(C) treasury stock;
                 (1)(ee)(i)(D) bond;
                 (1)(ee)(i)(E) debenture;
                 (1)(ee)(i)(F) evidence of indebtedness;
                 (1)(ee)(i)(G) certificate of interest or participation in a profit-sharing agreement;
                 (1)(ee)(i)(H) collateral-trust certificate;
                 (1)(ee)(i)(I) preorganization certificate or subscription;
                 (1)(ee)(i)(J) transferable share;
                 (1)(ee)(i)(K) investment contract;
                 (1)(ee)(i)(L) burial certificate or burial contract;
                 (1)(ee)(i)(M) voting-trust certificate;
                 (1)(ee)(i)(N) certificate of deposit for a security;
                 (1)(ee)(i)(O) certificate of interest or participation in an oil, gas, or mining title or lease or in payments out of production under such a title or lease;
                 (1)(ee)(i)(P) commodity contract or commodity option;
                 (1)(ee)(i)(Q) interest in a limited liability company;
                 (1)(ee)(i)(R) life settlement interest; or
                 (1)(ee)(i)(S) in general, an interest or instrument commonly known as a "security" or a certificate of interest or participation in, temporary or interim certificate for, receipt for, guarantee of, or warrant or right to subscribe to or purchase an item listed in Subsections (1)(ee)(i)(A) through (R). See Utah Code 61-1-13
• Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
• State: means a state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. See Utah Code 61-1-13
• United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Working days: means 8 a. See Utah Code 61-1-13