Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 78A > Chapter 2 > Part 4 - Court Reporter Act

• 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.
• Certified court reporter: means a state certified court reporter as described in Title 58, Chapter 74, State Certification of Court Reporters Act. See Utah Code 78A-2-402
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Council: means the Judicial Council established by Article VIII, Sec. See Utah Code 78A-2-103
• Court reporter: A person who makes a word-for-word record of what is said in court and produces a transcript of the proceedings upon request.
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• 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.
• Official court transcriber: means a person certified and authorized in accordance with rules of the Judicial Council to transcribe into written form an audio or video recording of court proceedings. See Utah Code 78A-2-402
• Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
• 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
• Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.