Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 7 > Chapter 15 - Dishonored Instruments

• Acquired or constructed: means acquired, constructed, reconstructed, restored, enlarged, improved, renovated, repaired, replaced, equipped, or furnished in whole or in part with state funds. See Utah Code 9-6-403
• Adjudicative proceeding: means :
       (2)(a) an action by a board, commission, department, officer, or other administrative unit of the state that determines the legal rights, duties, privileges, immunities, or other legal interests of one or more identifiable persons, including an action to grant, deny, revoke, suspend, modify, annul, withdraw, or amend an authority, right, or license; and
       (2)(b) judicial review of an action described in Subsection (2)(a). See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Air pollutant: means a substance that qualifies as an air pollutant as defined in Utah Code 19-2-102
• Air pollution: means the presence of an air pollutant in the ambient air in the quantities, for a duration, and under the conditions and circumstances that are injurious to human health or welfare, animal or plant life, or property, or would unreasonably interfere with the enjoyment of life or use of property, as determined by the rules adopted by the board. See Utah Code 19-2-102
• Ambient air: means that portion of the atmosphere, external to buildings, to which the general public has access. See Utah Code 19-2-102
• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• 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
• Artist: means a practitioner in the visual arts, generally recognized by critics and the artist's peers as a professional who is committed to producing high quality work on a regular basis, and who is not the project architect or a member of the project's architectural firm. See Utah Code 9-6-403
• Arts: includes traditional, folk, classical, ethnic, contemporary, and other art forms. See Utah Code 9-6-102
• Asbestos: means the asbestiform varieties of serpentine (chrysotile), riebeckite (crocidolite), cummingtonite-grunerite, anthophyllite, actinolite-tremolite, and libby amphibole. See Utah Code 19-2-102
• Board: means the Air Quality Board. See Utah Code 19-2-102
• Check: means a payment instrument on a depository institution including a:
            (1)(a)(i) check;
            (1)(a)(ii) draft;
            (1)(a)(iii) order; or
            (1)(a)(iv) other instrument. See Utah Code 7-15-1
• Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Contracting agency: means the state agency which is responsible for supervising the principal user of a state building or facility. See Utah Code 9-6-403
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Counterclaim: A claim that a defendant makes against a plaintiff.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Department: means the Department of Environmental Quality. See Utah Code 19-1-103
• Department: means the Department of Cultural and Community Engagement. See Utah Code 9-1-102
• Depository institution: means a bank, savings and loan association, savings bank, industrial bank, credit union, or other institution that:
       (8)(a) holds or receives deposits, savings, or share accounts;
       (8)(b) issues certificates of deposit; or
       (8)(c) provides to its customers other depository accounts that are subject to withdrawal by checks, drafts, or other instruments or by electronic means to effect third party payments. See Utah Code 7-1-103
• Director: means the director of the Division of Air Quality. See Utah Code 19-2-102
• Director: means the director of the Division of Arts and Museums. See Utah Code 9-6-102
• Division: means the Division of Air Quality created in Section 19-1-105. See Utah Code 19-2-102
• Division: means the Division of Arts and Museums. See Utah Code 9-6-102
• Equal: means , with respect to biological sex, of the same value. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• 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.
• Executive director: means the executive director of the department appointed pursuant to Section 19-1-104. See Utah Code 19-1-103
• Financial institution: means an institution subject to the jurisdiction of the department because of this title. See Utah Code 7-1-103
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• Highway: includes :
       (15)(a) a public bridge;
       (15)(b) a county way;
       (15)(c) a county road;
       (15)(d) a common road; and
       (15)(e) a state road. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• Institution: means :
       (19)(a) a corporation;
       (19)(b) a limited liability company;
       (19)(c) a partnership;
       (19)(d) a trust;
       (19)(e) an association;
       (19)(f) a joint venture;
       (19)(g) a pool;
       (19)(h) a syndicate;
       (19)(i) an unincorporated organization; or
       (19)(j) any form of business entity. See Utah Code 7-1-103
• Issuer: means a person who makes, draws, signs, or issues a check, whether as corporate agent or otherwise, for the purpose of:
            (1)(b)(i) obtaining from any person any money, merchandise, property, or other thing of value; or
            (1)(b)(ii) paying for any service, wages, salary, or rent. See Utah Code 7-15-1
• 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.
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Mailed: means the day that a notice is properly deposited in the United States mail. See Utah Code 7-15-1
• 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.
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Person: means an individual, trust, firm, estate, company, corporation, partnership, association, state, state or federal agency or entity, municipality, commission, or political subdivision of a state. See Utah Code 19-1-103
• Person: means :
       (27)(a) an individual;
       (27)(b) a corporation;
       (27)(c) a limited liability company;
       (27)(d) a partnership;
       (27)(e) a trust;
       (27)(f) an association;
       (27)(g) a joint venture;
       (27)(h) a pool;
       (27)(i) a syndicate;
       (27)(j) a sole proprietorship;
       (27)(k) an unincorporated organization; or
       (27)(l) any form of business entity. See Utah Code 7-1-103
• 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
• Principal user: means the department, board, commission, institution, or agency of the state for the principal use of which a state building or facility is acquired or constructed. See Utah Code 9-6-403
• Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Program: means the Percent-for-Art Program created in this part. See Utah Code 9-6-403
• Project: means the project whereby state buildings or facilities are acquired or constructed. See Utah Code 9-6-403
• Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
• Public art installation: means a work of art:
       (4)(a) owned by a:

            (4)(a)(i) county of the first class; or

            (4)(a)(ii) municipality or metro township in a county of the first class;
       (4)(b) created by an artist, with a preference for a Utah artist;
       (4)(c) located in a public place where the county of the first class, municipality in a county of the first class, or metro township in a county of the first class has jurisdiction; and
       (4)(d) that is intended to be a permanent fixture in the public place. See Utah Code 9-6-403
• 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
• Signature: includes a name, mark, or sign written with the intent to authenticate an instrument or writing. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• State: means , unless the context demands otherwise:
       (33)(a) a state;
       (33)(b) the District of Columbia; or
       (33)(c) the territories of the United States. See Utah Code 7-1-103
• 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 building or facility: means a state building, permanent structure, facility, park, or appurtenant structure thereof, wholly or partially enclosed, which includes, but is not restricted to a space or facility used or to be used for carrying out the functions of a department, board, commission, institution, or agency of the state, including offices, hearing or meeting rooms, auditoriums, libraries, courtrooms, classrooms, workshops, laboratories, eating or sleeping facilities, or highway rest areas. See Utah Code 9-6-403
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Utah artist: means :
       (9)(a) an individual who produces paintings, drawings, photos, sculptures, or similar works; and
       (9)(b) who has:

            (9)(b)(i) lived in Utah a minimum of ten years; or

            (9)(b)(ii) a primary residence in the state. See Utah Code 9-6-403
• 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
• Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
• works of art: means any form of original creation of visual art including, but not restricted to any sculpture, bas relief, high relief, mobile, fountain, painting, graphic, print, lithograph, etching, embossing, drawing, mural, mosaic, supergraphic, fresco, photograph, ceramic, fiber, mixed media, or combination of forms. See Utah Code 9-6-403
• 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