Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 75 > Chapter 4 > Part 4 - Judgments and Personal Representative

• Estate: includes the property of the decedent, trust, or other person whose affairs are subject to this title as originally constituted and as it exists from time to time during administration. See Utah Code 75-1-201 v2
• 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.
• Local personal representative: includes any personal representative appointed in this state pursuant to appointment proceedings described in Chapter 3, Probate of Wills and Administration, and excludes foreign personal representatives who acquire the power of a local personal representative under Section 75-4-205. See Utah Code 75-4-101
• Personal representative: includes executor, administrator, successor personal representative, special administrator, and persons who perform substantially the same function under the law governing their status. See Utah Code 75-1-201 v2