Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 72 > Chapter 18 > Part 1 - Creation and Duties

• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Construction: means the construction, reconstruction, replacement, and improvement of the highways, including the acquisition of rights-of-way and material sites. See Utah Code 72-1-102
• Department: means the Department of Transportation created in Section 72-1-201. See Utah Code 72-1-102
• Executive director: means the executive director of the department appointed under Section 72-1-202. See Utah Code 72-1-102
• Highway: means any public road, street, alley, lane, court, place, viaduct, tunnel, culvert, bridge, or structure laid out or erected for public use, or dedicated or abandoned to the public, or made public in an action for the partition of real property, including the entire area within the right-of-way. See Utah Code 72-1-102
• Large public transit district: means the same as that term is defined in Section 17B-2a-802. See Utah Code 72-1-102
• 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 transit: means the same as that term is defined in Section 17B-2a-802. See Utah Code 72-1-102
• Right-of-way: means real property or an interest in real property, usually in a strip, acquired for or devoted to state transportation purposes. See Utah Code 72-1-102
• Road: includes :
       (33)(a) a public bridge;
       (33)(b) a county way;
       (33)(c) a county road;
       (33)(d) a common road; and
       (33)(e) a state road. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5