Utah Code > Title 52 > Chapter 8 – Reports and Notices
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Part 1 | General Provisions | 52-8-101 – 52-8-102 |
Part 2 | Penalties | 52-8-201 – 52-8-202 |
Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 52 > Chapter 8 - Reports and Notices
- 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.
- Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
- Bad faith: means that a person files a petition described in Subsection 20A-1-803(1):
(a) under circumstances where a reasonable person would not believe that the allegations are true; or (b) (i) within 60 days before an election that the candidate to which the petition relates will appear on the ballot; and (ii) under circumstances where a reasonable person would not believe that the allegations constitute a significant violation of a provision of this title. See Utah Code 20A-1-802 - Chief executive officer: means :
(a) the governor, for the state; (b) the chair of the county commission or the county executive, for a county; and (c) the mayor, for a municipality, or if governed under a council-manager form of government, the chair of the council. See Utah Code 52-8-102 - County executive: means :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.
- Government entity: includes the state, its agencies and institutions, each county, municipality, school district, special district, and special service district in Utah. See Utah Code 52-8-102
- Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
- Promotional literature: means reports whose primary or secondary purpose is to provide nonresidents with information about the government entity that produced the report. See Utah Code 52-8-102
- Report: means each account, statement, record of proceedings, summary of activities, and other written or printed document required by statute that is prepared or produced by a government entity that is distributed to the public. See Utah Code 52-8-102
- Reviewing official: means :
(a) except as provided in Subsection (4)(b), the receiving official; or (b) the reviewing official appointed under Subsection 20A-1-803(3)(a), if the receiving official appoints another individual as the reviewing official under Subsection 20A-1-803(3)(a). See Utah Code 20A-1-802 - 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
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
- Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
- Chief executive officer: means :