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Terms Used In Utah Code 78B-7-307

  • 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
  • Protected individual: means an individual protected by a protection order. See Utah Code 78B-7-302
  • Respondent: means the individual against whom enforcement of a protection order is sought. See Utah Code 78B-7-302
     A protected individual who pursues remedies under this part is not precluded from pursuing other legal or equitable remedies against the respondent.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session