Terms Used In Utah Code 59-18-108

  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Trustee: means the trustee, trustees, person, or persons possessing a power or powers referred to in this chapter. See Utah Code 59-18-102
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
     This chapter does not affect the power of a court of competent jurisdiction for cause shown and upon petition of the trustee, attorney general, or affected beneficiary, and upon appropriate notice to the affected parties to relieve a trustee from any restrictions on his powers and duties that are placed upon him by the governing instrument or applicable law.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 2, 1987 General Session