Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 13 > Chapter 15 > Part 3 - Enforcement

• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Division: means the Division of Consumer Protection of the Department of Commerce. See Utah Code 13-15-102
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• 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.
• Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Purchaser: means a person who buys or leases from another person a business opportunity. See Utah Code 13-15-102
• Right of rescission: Right to cancel, within three business days, a contract that uses the home of a person as collateral, except in the case of a first mortgage loan. There is no fee to the borrower, who receives a full refund of all fees paid. The right of rescission is guaranteed by the Truth in Lending Act (TILA). ^{Source: OCC}
• Seller: means a person who offers to sell, offers to lease, sells, or leases to another person a business opportunity. See Utah Code 13-15-102