Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 40 > Chapter 2 > Part 2 - Utah Office of Coal Mine Safety

• Administrator: includes "executor" when the subject matter justifies the use. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• 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.
• Coal mine: means :
       (2)(a) the following used in extracting coal from its natural deposits in the earth by any means or method:

            (2)(a)(i) the land;

            (2)(a)(ii) a structure;

            (2)(a)(iii) a facility;

            (2)(a)(iv) machinery;

            (2)(a)(v) a tool;

            (2)(a)(vi) equipment;

            (2)(a)(vii) a shaft;

            (2)(a)(viii) a slope;

            (2)(a)(ix) a tunnel;

            (2)(a)(x) an excavation; and

            (2)(a)(xi) other property; and
       (2)(b) the work of preparing extracted coal, including a coal preparation facility. See Utah Code 40-2-102
• Commission: means the Labor Commission created in Section 34A-1-103. See Utah Code 40-2-102
• Commission: means the State Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice created in Section 63M-7-201. See Utah Code 77-27-1
• Commissioner: means the commissioner appointed under Section 34A-1-201. See Utah Code 40-2-102
• Council: means the Mine Safety Technical Advisory Council created in Section 40-2-203. See Utah Code 40-2-102
• Department: means the Department of Corrections. See Utah Code 77-27-1
• Director: means the director of the Utah Office of Coal Mine Safety appointed under Section 40-2-202. See Utah Code 40-2-102
• Equal: means , with respect to biological sex, of the same value. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}
• 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.
• Extradition: The formal process of delivering an accused or convicted person from authorities in one state to authorities in another state.
• Family: means any individual related to the victim as a spouse, child, sibling, parent, or grandparent, or the victim's legal guardian. See Utah Code 77-27-1
• 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
• Mine Safety and Health Administration: means the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration within the United States Department of Labor. See Utah Code 40-2-102
• Office: means the Utah Office of Coal Mine Safety created in Section 40-2-201. See Utah Code 40-2-102
• Panel: means the Coal Miner Certification Panel created in Section 40-2-204. See Utah Code 40-2-102
• Parole: means a release from imprisonment on prescribed conditions which, if satisfactorily performed by the parolee, enables the parolee to obtain a termination of the parolee's sentence. See Utah Code 77-27-1
• 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
• Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
• Probation: means an act of grace by the court suspending the imposition or execution of a convicted offender's sentence upon prescribed conditions. See Utah Code 77-27-1
• Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Sex: means , in relation to an individual, the individual's biological sex, either male or female, at birth, according to distinct reproductive roles as manifested by:
       (34)(a) sex and reproductive organ anatomy;
       (34)(b) chromosomal makeup; and
       (34)(c) endogenous hormone profiles. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• 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
• Termination: means the act of discharging from parole or concluding the sentence of imprisonment before the expiration of the sentence. See Utah Code 77-27-1
• 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
• 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