Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 45 > Chapter 2 - Libel

• Adjudicative proceeding: means :
       (2)(a) an action by a board, commission, department, officer, or other administrative unit of the state that determines the legal rights, duties, privileges, immunities, or other legal interests of one or more identifiable persons, including an action to grant, deny, revoke, suspend, modify, annul, withdraw, or amend an authority, right, or license; and
       (2)(b) judicial review of an action described in Subsection (2)(a). See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Air pollution: means the presence of an air pollutant in the ambient air in the quantities, for a duration, and under the conditions and circumstances that are injurious to human health or welfare, animal or plant life, or property, or would unreasonably interfere with the enjoyment of life or use of property, as determined by the rules adopted by the board. See Utah Code 19-2-102
• Alternative fuel: means :
       (2)(a) propane, natural gas, or electricity; or
       (2)(b) other fuel that the board determines, by rule, to be:

            (2)(b)(i) at least as effective in reducing air pollution as the fuels listed in Subsection (2)(a); or

            (2)(b)(ii) substantially more effective in reducing air pollution as the fuel for which the engine was originally designed. See Utah Code 19-2-302
• 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.
• 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.
• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• Board: means the Air Quality Board. See Utah Code 19-2-302
• Board: means the Waste Management and Radiation Control Board created under Section 19-1-106. See Utah Code 19-3-102
• Broker: means a person who performs one or more of the following functions for a generator:
            (2)(a)(i) arranges for transportation of the radioactive waste;
            (2)(a)(ii) collects or consolidates shipments of radioactive waste; or
            (2)(a)(iii) processes radioactive waste in some manner. See Utah Code 19-3-102
• Byproduct material: means the same as that term is defined in Utah Code 19-3-102
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Conversion equipment: means equipment designed to:
       (5)(a) allow an eligible vehicle to operate on an alternative fuel; and
       (5)(b) reduce an eligible vehicle's emissions of regulated pollutants, as demonstrated by:

            (5)(b)(i) certification of the conversion equipment by the Environmental Protection Agency or by a state or country that has certification standards that are recognized, by rule, by the board;

            (5)(b)(ii) testing the eligible vehicle, before and after the installation of the equipment, in accordance with Utah Code 19-2-302
• 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.
• Cost: means the total reasonable cost of a conversion kit and the paid labor, if any, required to install it. See Utah Code 19-2-302
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Department: means the Department of Environmental Quality. See Utah Code 19-1-103
• Director: means the director of the Division of Air Quality. See Utah Code 19-2-302
• Director: means the director of the Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control. See Utah Code 19-3-102
• Division: means the Division of Air Quality, created in Subsection 19-1-105(1)(a). See Utah Code 19-2-302
• Division: means the Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control, created in Subsection 19-1-105(1)(d). See Utah Code 19-3-102
• Eligible vehicle: means a:
       (9)(a) commercial vehicle, as defined in Section 41-1a-102;
       (9)(b) farm tractor, as defined in Section 41-1a-102; or
       (9)(c) motor vehicle, as defined in Section 41-1a-102. See Utah Code 19-2-302
• 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.
• 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.
• Generator: means a person who:
       (7)(a) possesses any material or component:

            (7)(a)(i) that contains radioactivity or is radioactively contaminated; and

            (7)(a)(ii) for which the person foresees no further use; and
       (7)(b) transfers the material or component to:

            (7)(b)(i) a commercial radioactive waste treatment or disposal facility; or

            (7)(b)(ii) a broker. See Utah Code 19-3-102
• Highway: includes :
       (15)(a) a public bridge;
       (15)(b) a county way;
       (15)(c) a county road;
       (15)(d) a common road; and
       (15)(e) a state road. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• 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
• Legislative session: That part of a chamber's daily session in which it considers legislative business (bills, resolutions, and actions related thereto).
• Libel: means a malicious defamation, expressed either by printing or by signs or pictures or the like, tending to blacken the memory of one who is dead, or to impeach the honesty, integrity, virtue or reputation, or publish the natural defects of one who is alive, and thereby to expose him to public hatred, contempt or ridicule. See Utah Code 45-2-2
• Low-level radioactive waste: means waste material that contains radioactive nuclides emitting primarily beta or gamma radiation, or both, in concentrations or quantities that exceed applicable federal or state standards for unrestricted release. See Utah Code 19-3-102
• Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Person: means an individual, trust, firm, estate, company, corporation, partnership, association, state, state or federal agency or entity, municipality, commission, or political subdivision of a state. See Utah Code 19-1-103
• 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
• Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
• Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Radiation: means ionizing and nonionizing radiation, including gamma rays, X-rays, alpha and beta particles, high speed electrons, and other nuclear particles. See Utah Code 19-3-102
• Radioactive: means any solid, liquid, or gas which emits radiation spontaneously from decay of unstable nuclei. See Utah Code 19-3-102
• Road: includes :
       (33)(a) a public bridge;
       (33)(b) a county way;
       (33)(c) a county road;
       (33)(d) a common road; and
       (33)(e) a state road. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• 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.
• Slander: means any libel communicated by spoken words. See Utah Code 45-2-2
• 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
• 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
• Unlicensed facility: means a structure, road, or property:
       (12)(a) adjacent to, but outside of, a licensed or permitted area; and
       (12)(b) that is not used for waste disposal or waste management. See Utah Code 19-3-102
• 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