Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 77 > Chapter 38 > Part 6 - Safe at Home Program

• Abuse: means any of the following:
       (1)(a) "abuse" as that term is defined in Section 76-5-111 or 80-1-102; or
       (1)(b) "child abuse" as that term is defined in Section 76-5-109. See Utah Code 77-38-601
• Actual address: means the residential street address of the program participant that is stated in a program participant's application for enrollment or on a notice of a change of address under Section 77-38-610. See Utah Code 77-38-601
• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• Assailant: means an individual who commits or threatens to commit abuse, human trafficking, domestic violence, stalking, or a sexual offense against an applicant for the program or a minor or incapacitated individual residing with an applicant for the program. See Utah Code 77-38-601
• Assigned address: means an address designated by the commission and assigned to a program participant. See Utah Code 77-38-601
• Authorization card: means a card issued by the commission that identifies a program participant as enrolled in the program with the program participant's assigned address and the date on which the program participant will no longer be enrolled in the program. See Utah Code 77-38-601
• Commission: means the State Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice created in Section 63M-7-201. See Utah Code 77-38-601
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• Domestic violence: means the same as that term is defined in Section 77-36-1. See Utah Code 77-38-601
• 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.
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• Guardian: includes a person who:
       (14)(a) qualifies as a guardian of a minor or incapacitated person pursuant to testamentary or court appointment; or
       (14)(b) is appointed by a court to manage the estate of a minor or incapacitated person. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Human trafficking: means a human trafficking offense under Section 76-5-308. See Utah Code 77-38-601
• Incapacitated individual: means an individual who is incapacitated, as defined in Section 75-1-201. See Utah Code 77-38-601
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• 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.
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Mail: means first class letters or flats delivered by the United States Postal Service, including priority, express, and certified mail. See Utah Code 77-38-601
• Minor: means an individual who is younger than 18 years old. See Utah Code 77-38-601
• Notification form: means a form issued by the commission that a program participant may send to a person demonstrating that the program participant is enrolled in the program. See Utah Code 77-38-601
• 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
• Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
• Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Program: means the Safe at Home Program created in Section 77-38-602. See Utah Code 77-38-601
• Program assistant: means an individual designated by the commission under Section 77-38-604 to assist an applicant or program participant. See Utah Code 77-38-601
• Program participant: means an individual who is enrolled under Section 77-38-606 by the commission to participate in the program. See Utah Code 77-38-601
• Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Record: means the same as that term is defined in Section 63G-2-103. See Utah Code 77-38-601
• Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
• Sex: means , in relation to an individual, the individual's biological sex, either male or female, at birth, according to distinct reproductive roles as manifested by:
       (34)(a) sex and reproductive organ anatomy;
       (34)(b) chromosomal makeup; and
       (34)(c) endogenous hormone profiles. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Sexual offense: means :
       (17)(a) a sexual offense under Title 76, Chapter 5, Part 4, Sexual Offenses; or
       (17)(b) a sexual exploitation offense under Title 76, Chapter 5b, Part 2, Sexual Exploitation. See Utah Code 77-38-601
• Signature: includes a name, mark, or sign written with the intent to authenticate an instrument or writing. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Stalking: means the same as that term is defined in Section Utah Code 77-38-601
• 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
• State or local government entity: means a county, municipality, higher education institution, special district, special service district, or any other political subdivision of the state or an administrative subunit of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of this state, including:
       (19)(a) a law enforcement entity or any other investigative entity, agency, department, division, bureau, board, or commission; or
       (19)(b) an individual acting or purporting to act for or on behalf of a state or local entity, including an elected or appointed public official. See Utah Code 77-38-601
• Swear: includes "affirm. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Utah Code: means the 1953 recodification of the Utah Code, as amended, unless the text expressly references a portion of the 1953 recodification of the Utah Code as it existed:
       (42)(a) on the day on which the 1953 recodification of the Utah Code was enacted; or
       (42)(b)

            (42)(b)(i) after the day described in Subsection (42)(a); and

            (42)(b)(ii) before the most recent amendment to the referenced portion of the 1953 recodification of the Utah Code. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Victim: means a victim of abuse, domestic violence, human trafficking, stalking, or sexual assault. See Utah Code 77-38-601
• Writing: includes :
       (48)(a) printing;
       (48)(b) handwriting; and
       (48)(c) information stored in an electronic or other medium if the information is retrievable in a perceivable format. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5