Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 70A > Chapter 7a > Part 3 - Bills of Lading - Special Provisions

• Bailee: means a person that by a warehouse receipt, bill of lading, or other document of title acknowledges possession of goods and contracts to deliver them. See Utah Code 70A-7a-102
• Carrier: means a person that issues a bill of lading. See Utah Code 70A-7a-102
• Consignee: means a person named in a bill of lading to which or to whose order the bill promises delivery. See Utah Code 70A-7a-102
• Consignor: means a person named in a bill of lading as the person from which the goods have been received for shipment. See Utah Code 70A-7a-102
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Good faith: means honesty in fact and the observance of reasonable commercial standards of fair dealing. See Utah Code 70A-7a-102
• Goods: means all things that are treated as movable for the purposes of a contract for storage or transportation. See Utah Code 70A-7a-102
• Issuer: means a bailee that issues a document of title or, in the case of an unaccepted delivery order, the person that orders the possessor of goods to deliver. See Utah Code 70A-7a-102
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• 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
• Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. See Utah Code 70A-7a-102
• Shipper: means a person that enters into a contract of transportation with a carrier. See Utah Code 70A-7a-102
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
• Uniform Commercial Code: A set of statutes enacted by the various states to provide consistency among the states' commercial laws. It includes negotiable instruments, sales, stock transfers, trust and warehouse receipts, and bills of lading. ^{Source: OCC}
• United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5