Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 34 > Chapter 52 > Part 1 - General Provisions

• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Electric utility: means :

  (a)	a municipal electric utility, as defined in Section 10-19-102;

  (b)	an electric interlocal entity, as defined in Section 11-13-103;

  (c)	an energy services interlocal entity, as defined in Section 11-13-103;

  (d)	a project entity, as defined in Section 11-13-103;

  (e)	an electric improvement district, as defined in Section 17B-2a-406; or

  (f)

  an electrical corporation, as defined in Section 54-2-1. See Utah Code 73-3d-101 Joint resolution: A legislative measure which requires the approval of both chambers. Military facility: means an installation, base, air field, camp, post, station, yard, center, or other facility owned, leased, or operated by, or under the jurisdiction of, the United States Department of Defense or the National Guard. See Utah Code 73-3d-101 Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose. Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Person entitled to make a request: means : (a)  the holder of an approved but unperfected application to appropriate water; (b)  the record owner of a perfected water right; or (c)  a person who provides water using an approved but unperfected application or a perfected water right with the written authorization of a person described in Subsection (3)(a) or (b). See Utah Code 73-3d-101 Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court. 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 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 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 Temporary water shortage emergency: means an interruption of water delivery for which the governor may declare an emergency in accordance with Section 73-3d-201. See Utah Code 73-3d-101 Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence. Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.