Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 4 > Chapter 3 > Part 1 - Organization

• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• 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.
• Dairy product: means any product derived from raw or pasteurized milk. See Utah Code 4-3-102
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Department: means the Department of Agriculture and Food created in Chapter 2, Administration. See Utah Code 4-1-109
• Distributor: means any person who distributes a dairy product. See Utah Code 4-3-102
• 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}
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• 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
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Manufacturer: means any person who processes milk in a way that changes the milk's character. See Utah Code 4-3-102
• Permit: means a document allowing a person or plant, as designated in the permit, to:
       (13)(a) process, manufacture, supply, test, haul, or pasteurize milk or milk products; or
       (13)(b) repair equipment used to conduct the activities described in Subsection (13)(a). See Utah Code 4-3-102
• Person: means a natural person or individual, corporation, organization, or other legal entity. See Utah Code 4-1-109
• Plant: means any facility where milk is processed or manufactured. See Utah Code 4-3-102
• Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Producer: means a person who owns a cow or other milk producing hoofed mammal that produces milk for consumption by persons other than the producer's family, employees, or nonpaying guests. See Utah Code 4-3-102
• Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Raw milk: means unpasteurized milk. See Utah Code 4-3-102
• Renovated butter: means butter that is reduced to a liquid state by melting and drawing off such liquid or butter oil and churning or otherwise manipulating it in connection with milk or any product of milk. See Utah Code 4-3-102
• 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
• Temporary restraining order: Prohibits a person from an action that is likely to cause irreparable harm. This differs from an injunction in that it may be granted immediately, without notice to the opposing party, and without a hearing. It is intended to last only until a hearing can be held.