Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 34 > Chapter 44 > Part 1 - General Provisions

• Adjudicative proceeding: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• 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
• Business relationship: means an agreement that governs the relationship of principal and sales representative. See Utah Code 34-44-102
• Commission: means :

  (a)	compensation: (i)  that accrues to a sales representative; (ii)  for payment by a principal; and (iii)  at a rate expressed as a percentage of the dollar amount of sales, orders, or profits; or

  (b)

  any other method of compensation agreed to between a sales representative and a principal including: (i)  fees for services; and (ii)  a retainer. See Utah Code 34-44-102 Direct sales company: means a person that: (i)  sells, distributes, or supplies for consideration a good or service through participants: (A)  at different levels of distribution; or (B)  in accordance with a formula for compensating participants in whole or in part based on: (I)  the sale of a good or service; and (II)  the recruitment of or the performance or action of another participant; and (ii)  (A)  permits participants to recruit other participants to sell, distribute, or supply for consideration the person's good or service; or (B)  provides for commission, cross-commissions, override commissions, bonuses, refunds, dividends, or other consideration that is or may be paid as a result of: (I)  the sale of a good or service; or (II)  the recruitment of or the performance or action of another participant. See Utah Code 34-44-102 Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source: Land: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants. participant: means an independent agent, contractor, or distributor. See Utah Code 34-44-102 Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Principal: means a person who: (a)  engages in any of the following activities with regard to a product or service: (i)  manufactures; (ii)  produces; (iii)  imports; (iv)  sells; or (v)  distributes; (b)  establishes a business relationship with a sales representative to solicit orders for a product or a service described in Subsection (4)(a); and (c)  agrees to compensate a sales representative, in whole or in part, by commission. See Utah Code 34-44-102 Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government. sales representative: means a person who enters into a business relationship with a principal: (i)  to solicit orders for a product or a service described in Subsection (4)(a); and (ii)  under which the person is compensated, in whole or in part, by commission. See Utah Code 34-44-102 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 termination: means the end of a business relationship between a sales representative and a principal, whether by: (a)  agreement; (b)  expiration of a time period; or (c)  exercise of a right of termination by either the principal or the sales representative. See Utah Code 34-44-102 Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence. United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Writing: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5