Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 69 > Chapter 2 > Part 5 - Liability and Immunity

• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• 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.
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• Local exchange service: means the provision of public telecommunications services by a wireline common carrier to customers within a geographic area encompassing one or more local communities as described in the carrier's service territory maps, tariffs, price lists, or rate schedules filed with and approved by the Public Service Commission. See Utah Code 69-2-102
• 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
• Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Public agency: means a state government entity, a political subdivision of the state, a special service district, or an entity created by interlocal agreement that provides or has authority to provide fire fighting, law enforcement, ambulance, medical, or other emergency services. See Utah Code 69-2-102
• Public safety agency: means a functional division of a public agency which provides fire fighting, law enforcement, medical, or other emergency services. See Utah Code 69-2-102
• Radio communications service: includes :
            (14)(b)(i) cellular telephone service;
            (14)(b)(ii) enhanced specialized mobile radio service;
            (14)(b)(iii) rural radio service;
            (14)(b)(iv) a radio common carrier;
            (14)(b)(v) a personal communications service; and
            (14)(b)(vi) any wireless public telecommunications service equivalent to the services described in this Subsection (14)(b), as defined in 47 CFR, parts 20, 22, 24, and 90. See Utah Code 69-2-102