Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 80 > Chapter 7 - Emancipation

• Adult: means an individual who is 18 years old or older. See Utah Code 80-1-102
• Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
• Attorney guardian ad litem: means the same as that term is defined in Section 78A-2-801. See Utah Code 80-1-102
• Authorized emergency vehicle: includes :
       (3)(a) a fire department vehicle;
       (3)(b) a police vehicle;
       (3)(c) an ambulance; and
       (3)(d) other publicly or privately owned vehicles as designated by the commissioner of the Department of Public Safety. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
• Child: means , except as provided in Section 80-2-905, an individual who is under 18 years old. See Utah Code 80-1-102
• Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
• Crosswalk: means :
       (13)(a) that part of a roadway at an intersection included within the connections of the lateral lines of the sidewalks on opposite sides of the highway measured from:

            (13)(a)(i)

                 (13)(a)(i)(A) the curbs; or

                 (13)(a)(i)(B) in the absence of curbs, from the edges of the traversable roadway; and

            (13)(a)(ii) in the absence of a sidewalk on one side of the roadway, that part of a roadway included within the extension of the lateral lines of the existing sidewalk at right angles to the centerline; or
       (13)(b) any portion of a roadway at an intersection or elsewhere distinctly indicated for pedestrian crossing by lines or other markings on the surface. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
• Department: means the Department of Public Safety. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
• emancipated: means a legal status created by court order that allows a minor to:
       (1)(a) live independent of the minor's parents or guardian; and
       (1)(b) exercise the same rights as an adult under Subsection 80-7-105(1). See Utah Code 80-7-102
• 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: means a person appointed by a court to make decisions regarding a minor, including the authority to consent to:
       (35)(a) marriage;
       (35)(b) enlistment in the armed forces;
       (35)(c) major medical, surgical, or psychiatric treatment; or
       (35)(d) legal custody, if legal custody is not vested in another individual, agency, or institution. See Utah Code 80-1-102
• 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.
• Harm: means :
       (37)(a) physical or developmental injury or damage;
       (37)(b) emotional damage that results in a serious impairment in the child's growth, development, behavior, or psychological functioning;
       (37)(c) sexual abuse; or
       (37)(d) sexual exploitation. See Utah Code 80-1-102
• Highway: means the entire width between property lines of every way or place of any nature when any part of it is open to the use of the public as a matter of right for vehicular travel. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
• Intersection: means the area embraced within the prolongation or connection of the lateral curb lines, or, if none, then the lateral boundary lines of the roadways of two or more highways that join one another. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
• 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.
• Minor: means an individual who is 16 years old or older. See Utah Code 80-7-102
• Motor vehicle: means a vehicle that is self-propelled and a vehicle that is propelled by electric power obtained from overhead trolley wires, but not operated upon rails. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
• Natural parent: includes the minor's noncustodial parent. See Utah Code 80-1-102
• Operator: means :
       (49)(a) a human driver, as defined in Section Utah Code 41-6a-102
• Parent: means a natural parent as defined in Section 80-1-102. See Utah Code 80-7-102
• Person: means a natural person, firm, copartnership, association, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, governmental agency, public corporation, or any other legal or commercial entity. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
• 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
• Railroad: means a carrier of persons or property upon cars operated on stationary rails. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
• Road: includes :
       (33)(a) a public bridge;
       (33)(b) a county way;
       (33)(c) a county road;
       (33)(d) a common road; and
       (33)(e) a state road. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• 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
• Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
• Traffic-control signal: means a device, whether manually, electrically, or mechanically operated, by which traffic is alternately directed to stop and permitted to proceed. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
• Trailer: means a vehicle with or without motive power designed for carrying persons or property and for being drawn by a motor vehicle and constructed so that no part of its weight rests upon the towing vehicle. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
• Truck: means a motor vehicle designed, used, or maintained primarily for the transportation of property. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
• Vehicle: means a device in, on, or by which a person or property is or may be transported or drawn on a highway, except a mobile carrier, as defined in Section 41-6a-1120, or a device used exclusively on stationary rails or tracks. See Utah Code 41-6a-102