Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 77 > Chapter 38b > Part 3 - Civil Accounts Receivables and Civil Judgments for Restitution

• Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
• Civil accounts receivable: means the same as that term is defined in Section 77-32b-102. See Utah Code 77-38b-102
• Civil judgment of restitution: means the same as that term is defined in Section 77-32b-102. See Utah Code 77-38b-102
• Criminal accounts receivable: means the same as that term is defined in Section 77-32b-102. See Utah Code 77-38b-102
• Criminal conduct: means :
       (5)(a) any misdemeanor or felony offense of which the defendant is convicted; or
       (5)(b) any other criminal behavior for which the defendant admits responsibility to the court with or without an admission of committing the criminal behavior. See Utah Code 77-38b-102
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Defendant: means an individual who has been convicted of, or entered into a plea disposition for, criminal conduct. See Utah Code 77-38b-102
• Department: means the Department of Corrections. See Utah Code 77-38b-102
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Dependent: includes :
            (9)(b)(i) a child:

                 (9)(b)(i)(A) who is younger than 18 years old; and

                 (9)(b)(i)(B) for whom a deceased victim, or a permanently impaired victim, is the adoptive or biological parent or legal guardian;
            (9)(b)(ii) an unborn child who has a parent-child relationship with a deceased victim, or a permanently impaired victim, in accordance with Title 78B, Chapter 15, Utah Uniform Parentage Act; or
            (9)(b)(iii) an incapacitated individual for whom a deceased victim, or a permanently impaired victim, is the adoptive or biological parent or the legal guardian. See Utah Code 77-38b-102
• Dependent support: means the financial obligation of an individual to provide for the routine needs of a dependent, including food, clothing, health care, safety, or shelter. See Utah Code 77-38b-102
• Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
• Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
• Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
• 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.
• Office: means the Office of State Debt Collection created in Section 63A-3-502. See Utah Code 77-38b-102
• Pecuniary damages: means all demonstrable economic injury, losses, and expenses regardless of whether the economic injury, losses, and expenses have yet been incurred. See Utah Code 77-38b-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
• Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
• Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
• Restitution: means the payment of pecuniary damages to a victim. See Utah Code 77-38b-102
• Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
• Victim: includes :
            (26)(b)(i) the Utah Office for Victims of Crime if the Utah Office for Victims of Crime makes a payment to, or on behalf of, a victim under Section 63M-7-519;
            (26)(b)(ii) the estate of a deceased victim;
            (26)(b)(iii) a dependent; or
            (26)(b)(iv) a parent, spouse, intimate partner as defined in Utah Code 77-38b-102