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- Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
- Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
- 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.
- Applicant: means an individual who provides information to a public employer or private employer for the purpose of obtaining employment. See Utah Code 34-52-102
- Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
- Building service: means any of the following services, if the charge for the service is $3,000 or less:
(a) cleaning or janitorial; (b) furniture delivery, assembly, moving, or installation; (c) landscaping; (d) home repair; or (e) any service similar to the services described in Subsections (1)(a) through (d). See Utah Code 34-53-102 - Building service contractor: means a person who enters into an agreement with a service marketplace platform to use the service marketplace platform's software platform to connect with and receive requests from customers seeking a building service. See Utah Code 34-53-102
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- Criminal conviction: means a verdict or finding of guilt after a criminal trial or a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to a criminal charge. See Utah Code 34-52-102
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- Digital application: means an Internet-connected software application that a person uses to obtain or provide a remote service. See Utah Code 34-53a-102
- Division: means the Division of Antidiscrimination and Labor in the commission. See Utah Code 34-54-102
- Employee: means an individual suffered or permitted to work by an employer. See Utah Code 34-56-101
- Employer: means , except as provided in Subsection (2)(b), a public service organization in the state that employs one or more individuals. See Utah Code 34-54-102
- employer: includes a federal contractor. See Utah Code 34-56-101
- Employment certification form: means the form provided by the United States Department of Education, in part, to verify that an individual's employment qualifies for participation in a student loan forgiveness program. See Utah Code 34-54-102
- 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.
- Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
- Governmental entity: means :
(a) an executive branch agency as defined in Section 63A-16-102; (b) the legislative branch; (c) the judicial branch; (d) the State Board of Education; (e) the Utah Board of Higher Education; (f) an institution of higher education; and (g) a political subdivision of the state: (i) as defined in Section 17B-1-102; and (ii) including a school district. See Utah Code 34-56-101 - Juvenile adjudication: means :
(a) a finding by a court that the facts in a petition or criminal information alleging an individual committed an offense when the individual was younger than 18 years old have been proved; or (b) an admission or plea of no contest under Section 80-6-306. See Utah Code 34-52-102 - LEA: means a school district, a charter school, or the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind. See Utah Code 34-54-102
- Marketplace company: means a person that:
(a) offers a digital application to the public; and (b) accepts requests for remote services exclusively through the person's digital application. See Utah Code 34-53a-102 - Mental health professional applicant: means an individual who:
(a) is licensed under Title 58, Chapter 60, Mental Health Professional Practice Act; and (b) provides information to a public employer or private employer for the purpose of obtaining employment that requires a license under Title 58, Chapter 60, Mental Health Professional Practice Act. See Utah Code 34-52-102 - Nurse practitioner: means an individual who is licensed to practice as an advanced practice registered nurse under Title 58, Chapter 31b, Nurse Practice Act. See Utah Code 34-56-101
- Physician: means an individual licensed to practice as a physician or osteopath under Title 58, Chapter 67, Utah Medical Practice Act, or Title 58, Chapter 68, Utah Osteopathic Medical Practice Act. See Utah Code 34-56-101
- Physician assistant: means an individual who is licensed to practice as a physician assistant under Title 58, Chapter 70a, Utah Physician Assistant Act. See Utah Code 34-56-101
- Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
- Private employer: means a person who has one or more employees employed in the same business, or in or about the same establishment, under any contract of hire, express or implied, oral or written. See Utah Code 34-52-102
- Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
- Public employer: means an employer that is:
(a) the state or any administrative subunit of the state, including a department, division, board, council, committee, institution, office, bureau, or other similar administrative unit of state government; (b) a state institution of higher education; or (c) a municipal corporation, county, municipality, school district, special district, special service district, or other political subdivision of the state. See Utah Code 34-52-102 - Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program: means the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program described in 34 C. See Utah Code 34-54-102
- Public service organization: means the same as that term is defined in 34 C. See Utah Code 34-54-102
- Remote service: includes tutoring, closed captioning, open captioning, subtitling, transcribing, translating, interpreting, and conducting a language assessment remotely through a digital application. See Utah Code 34-53a-102
- Remote-service contractor: means a person who uses a marketplace company's digital application to provide a remote service to another person. See Utah Code 34-53a-102
- Service marketplace platform: means an entity that:
(b) charges the building service contractor a fee to use the software platform. See Utah Code 34-53-102 - Student loan forgiveness program: means :
(a) the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program; or (b) the Teacher Loan Forgiveness Program. See Utah Code 34-54-102 - Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
- Teacher: means the same as that term is defined in 34 C. See Utah Code 34-54-102
- Teacher Loan Forgiveness Program: means the Teacher Loan Forgiveness Program described in 34 C. See Utah Code 34-54-102
- United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Utah Code: means the 1953 recodification of the Utah Code, as amended, unless the text expressly references a portion of the 1953 recodification of the Utah Code as it existed:Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Writing: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5