Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 4 > Chapter 25 > Part 1 - Organization

• Abandoned apiary: means any apiary to which the owner or operator fails to give reasonable and adequate attention during a given year as determined by the department. See Utah Code 4-11-102
• Apiary: means any place where one or more colonies of bees are located. See Utah Code 4-11-102
• Apiary equipment: means hives, supers, frames, veils, gloves, or other equipment used to handle or manipulate bees, honey, wax, or hives. See Utah Code 4-11-102
• Appliance: means any apparatus, tool, machine, or other device used to handle or manipulate bees, wax, honey, or hives. See Utah Code 4-11-102
• Bee: means the common honey bee, Apis mellifera, at any stage of development. See Utah Code 4-11-102
• Beekeeper: includes an apiarist. See Utah Code 4-11-102
• City: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Commissioner: means the commissioner of agriculture and food. See Utah Code 4-1-109
• 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.
• Department: means the Department of Agriculture and Food created in Chapter 2, Administration. See Utah Code 4-1-109
• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• 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
• Mother: means a parent who is of the female sex. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Property: includes both real and personal property. 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
• Town: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5