Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 7 > Chapter 1 > Part 8 - Miscellaneous

• 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.
• 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.
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
• Bank: means a person authorized under the laws of this state, another state, or the United States to accept deposits from the public. See Utah Code 7-1-103
• City: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Financial Institutions. See Utah Code 7-1-103
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• control: means the power, directly or indirectly, or through or in concert with one or more persons, to:
       (5)(a) direct or exercise a controlling influence over:

            (5)(a)(i) the management or policies of a financial institution; or

            (5)(a)(ii) the election of a majority of the directors or trustees of an institution; or
       (5)(b) vote 25% or more of any class of voting securities of a financial institution. See Utah Code 7-1-103
• 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.
• Credit union: means a cooperative, nonprofit association incorporated under:
       (6)(a) Chapter 9, Utah Credit Union Act; or
       (6)(b) Utah Code 7-1-103
• 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.
• Department: means the Department of Financial Institutions. See Utah Code 7-1-103
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• 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
• Depository institution holding company: means :
            (9)(a)(i) a person other than an individual that:

                 (9)(a)(i)(A) has control over a depository institution; or

                 (9)(a)(i)(B) becomes a holding company of a depository institution under Section 7-1-703; or
            (9)(a)(ii) a person other than an individual that the commissioner finds, after considering the specific circumstances, is exercising or is capable of exercising a controlling influence over a depository institution by means other than those specifically described in this section. See Utah Code 7-1-103
• Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}
• 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.
• Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
• Financial institution: means an institution subject to the jurisdiction of the department because of this title. See Utah Code 7-1-103
• 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
• Guarantor: A party who agrees to be responsible for the payment of another party's debts should that party default. ^{Source: OCC}
• Industrial loan company: means the same as that term is defined in Section 7-8-21. See Utah Code 7-1-103
• Insolvent: means the status of a financial institution that is unable to meet its obligations as they mature. See Utah Code 7-1-103
• 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
• 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.
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• 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.
• Liquidation: means the act or process of winding up the affairs of an institution subject to the jurisdiction of the department by realizing upon assets, paying liabilities, and appropriating profit or loss, as provided in Chapter 2, Possession of Depository Institution by Commissioner, and Chapter 19, Acquisition of Failing Depository Institutions or Holding Companies. See Utah Code 7-1-103
• Liquidator: means a person, agency, or instrumentality of this state or the United States appointed to conduct a liquidation. See Utah Code 7-1-103
• Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
• Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• Mortgagor: The person who pledges property to a creditor as collateral for a loan and who receives the money.
• National Credit Union Administration: The federal regulatory agency that charters and supervises federal credit unions. (NCUA also administers the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund, which insures the deposits of federal credit unions.) ^{Source: OCC}
• 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 :
       (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
• Preliminary hearing: A hearing where the judge decides whether there is enough evidence to make the defendant have a trial.
• Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• real property: includes :
       (31)(a) land;
       (31)(b) a tenement;
       (31)(c) a hereditament;
       (31)(d) a water right;
       (31)(e) a possessory right; and
       (31)(f) a claim. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Receiver: means a person, agency, or instrumentality of this state or the United States appointed to administer and manage an institution subject to the jurisdiction of the department in receivership, as provided in Chapter 2, Possession of Depository Institution by Commissioner, and Chapter 19, Acquisition of Failing Depository Institutions or Holding Companies. See Utah Code 7-1-103
• Receivership: means the administration and management of the affairs of an institution subject to the jurisdiction of the department to conserve, preserve, and properly dispose of the assets, liabilities, and revenues of an institution in possession, as provided in Chapter 2, Possession of Depository Institution by Commissioner, and Chapter 19, Acquisition of Failing Depository Institutions or Holding Companies. See Utah Code 7-1-103
• Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
• 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
• Subsidiary: means a business entity under the control of an institution. See Utah Code 7-1-103
• Technology service provider: means a person that provides a data processing service or activity that supports the financial services or Internet related services of a depository institution subject to the jurisdiction of the department, including supporting:
       (35)(a) lending;
       (35)(b) money transfers;
       (35)(c) fiduciary activities;
       (35)(d) trading activities;
       (35)(e) deposit taking;
       (35)(f) web services and electronic bill payments;
       (35)(g) mobile applications;
       (35)(h) system and software development and maintenance; and
       (35)(i) security monitoring. See Utah Code 7-1-103
• Trust company: means a person authorized to conduct a trust business, as provided in Chapter 5, Trust Business. See Utah Code 7-1-103
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
• United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• 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