Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 76 > Chapter 8 > Part 1 - Corrupt Practices

• Act: means a voluntary bodily movement and includes speech. See Utah Code 76-1-101.5
• Actor: means a person whose criminal responsibility is in issue in a criminal action. See Utah Code 76-1-101.5
• Enrolled bill: The final copy of a bill or joint resolution which has passed both chambers in identical form. It is printed on parchment paper, signed by appropriate officials, and submitted to the President/Governor for signature.
• 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.
• 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.
• Juror: A person who is on the jury.
• Offense: means a violation of any penal statute of this state. See Utah Code 76-1-101.5
• Party official: means an individual holding any post in a political party whether by election, appointment, or otherwise. See Utah Code 76-8-101
• Peace officer: means an employee of a police or law enforcement agency that is part of or administered by the state or a political subdivision of the state, and whose duties consist primarily of the prevention and detection of crime and the enforcement of criminal statutes or ordinances of this state or a political subdivision of the state. See Utah Code 76-8-101
• Pecuniary benefit: means an advantage in the form of money, property, commercial interest, or anything else, the primary significance of which is economic gain. See Utah Code 76-8-101
• Person: means an individual, public or private corporation, government, partnership, or unincorporated association. See Utah Code 76-1-101.5
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Personal property: includes :
       (25)(a) money;
       (25)(b) goods;
       (25)(c) chattels;
       (25)(d) effects;
       (25)(e) evidences of a right in action;
       (25)(f) a written instrument by which a pecuniary obligation, right, or title to property is created, acknowledged, transferred, increased, defeated, discharged, or diminished; and
       (25)(g) a right or interest in an item described in Subsections (25)(a) through (f). See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
• Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Public entity: means :
       (13)(a) the state, or an agency, bureau, office, department, division, board, commission, institution, laboratory, or other instrumentality of the state;
       (13)(b) a political subdivision of the state, including a county, municipality, interlocal entity, special district, special service district, school district, or school board;
       (13)(c) an agency, bureau, office, department, division, board, commission, institution, laboratory, or other instrumentality of a political subdivision of the state; or
       (13)(d) another entity that:

            (13)(d)(i) performs a public function; and

            (13)(d)(ii) is authorized to hold, spend, transfer, disburse, use, or receive public money. See Utah Code 76-1-101.5
• Public property: includes real or personal property that is owned, held, or managed by a public entity after the real or personal property is transferred by the public entity to an independent contractor of the public entity. See Utah Code 76-8-101
• Public servant: means :
            (16)(a)(i) a public officer;
            (16)(a)(ii) an appointed official, employee, consultant, or independent contractor of a public entity; or
            (16)(a)(iii) a person hired or paid by a public entity to perform a government function. See Utah Code 76-1-101.5
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.