Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 70A > Chapter 8 > Part 2 - Issue and Issuer

• Certificated security: means a security that is represented by a certificate. See Utah Code 70A-8-101
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
• Entitlement holder: means a person identified in the records of a securities intermediary as the person having a security entitlement against the securities intermediary. See Utah Code 70A-8-101
• 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.
• Guarantor: A party who agrees to be responsible for the payment of another party's debts should that party default. ^{Source: OCC}
• Instruction: means a notification communicated to the issuer of an uncertificated security which directs that the transfer of the security be registered or that the security be redeemed. See Utah Code 70A-8-101
• 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
• Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Securities intermediary: means :
            (1)(o)(i) a clearing corporation; or
            (1)(o)(ii) a person, including a bank or broker, that in the ordinary course of its business maintains securities accounts for others and is acting in that capacity. See Utah Code 70A-8-101
• Security: except as otherwise provided in Section 70A-8-102, means an obligation of an issuer or a share, participation, or other interest in an issuer or in property or an enterprise of an issuer that:
            (1)(p)(i) is represented by a security certificate in bearer or registered form, or the transfer of which may be registered upon books maintained for that purpose by or on behalf of the issuer;
            (1)(p)(ii) is one of a class or series or by its terms is divisible into a class or series of shares, participations, interests, or obligations; and
            (1)(p)(iii)

                 (1)(p)(iii)(A) is, or is of a type, dealt in or traded on securities exchanges or securities markets; or

                 (1)(p)(iii)(B) is a medium for investment and by its terms expressly provides that it is a security governed by this chapter. See Utah Code 70A-8-101
• Security certificate: means a certificate representing a security. See Utah Code 70A-8-101
• Security entitlement: means the rights and property interest of an entitlement holder with respect to a financial asset specified in Part 5, Security Entitlements. See Utah Code 70A-8-101
• Signature: includes a name, mark, or sign written with the intent to authenticate an instrument or writing. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
• Uncertificated security: means a security that is not represented by a certificate. See Utah Code 70A-8-101