Terms Used In Utah Code 17-30-20

  • 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.
  • Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
     A person aggrieved by an act or failure to act of any merit system commission under this act may appeal to the district court, if he has exhausted his remedies of appeal to the commission. The courts may review questions of law and fact and may affirm, set aside, or modify the ruling complained of.

Enacted by Statewide Initiative A, Nov. 8, 1960