Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 13 > Chapter 43 > Part 1 - General Provisions

• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• Case law: The law as laid down in cases that have been decided in the decisions of the courts.
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• real property: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• 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
• taking: means a governmental action resulting in a taking of real property that requires compensation to the owner of the property under:

  (a)	the Fifth or Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States; or

  (b)	Utah Constitution Article I, Section 22. See Utah Code 13-43-102 United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5