Utah Code 76-1-101.5. Definitions
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76-1-101.5. Definitions.
Unless otherwise provided, as used in this title:
Unless otherwise provided, as used in this title:
(1) | “Act” means a voluntary bodily movement and includes speech. |
(2) | “Actor” means a person whose criminal responsibility is in issue in a criminal action. |
(3) | “Affinity” means a relationship by marriage. |
(4) | “Bodily injury” means physical pain, illness, or any impairment of physical condition. |
(5) | “Conduct” means an act or omission. |
(6) | “Consanguinity” means a relationship by blood to the first or second degree, including an individual’s parent, grandparent, sibling, child, aunt, uncle, niece, or nephew. |
(8) | “Grievous sexual offense” means:
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(9) | “Offense” means a violation of any penal statute of this state. |
(10) | “Omission” means a failure to act when there is a legal duty to act and the actor is capable of acting. |
(11) | “Person” means an individual, public or private corporation, government, partnership, or unincorporated association. |
(12) | “Possess” means to have physical possession of or to exercise dominion or control over tangible property. |
(13) | “Public entity” means:
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(15) | “Public officer” means:
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(17) | “Serious bodily injury” means bodily injury that creates or causes serious permanent disfigurement, protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily member or organ, or creates a substantial risk of death. |
(18) | “Substantial bodily injury” means bodily injury, not amounting to serious bodily injury, that creates or causes protracted physical pain, temporary disfigurement, or temporary loss or impairment of the function of any bodily member or organ. |
(19) | “Writing” or “written” includes any handwriting, typewriting, printing, electronic storage or transmission, or any other method of recording information or fixing information in a form capable of being preserved. |
Amended by Chapter 16, 2023 General Session