Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 20A > Chapter 12 - Selection and Election of Judges

• Address: includes :

  (i)	a post office box number;

  (ii)	a rural free delivery route number; and

  (iii)

  a street name and number. See Utah Code 16-6a-102 Administration: means the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration. See Utah Code 53C-1-103 Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote. 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. Appraisal: A determination of property value. Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account. Ballot: means the storage medium, including a paper, mechanical, or electronic storage medium, that records an individual voter's vote. See Utah Code 20A-1-102 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 board of trustees: means the School and Institutional Trust Lands Board of Trustees. See Utah Code 53C-1-103 Class: means a group of memberships that has the same right with respect to voting, dissolution, redemption, transfer, or other characteristics. See Utah Code 16-6a-102 Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant. Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed. Contribution: means any of the following when done for political purposes: (i)  a gift, subscription, donation, loan, advance, or deposit of money or anything of value given to the judge or the judge's personal campaign committee; (ii)  an express, legally enforceable contract, promise, or agreement to make a gift, subscription, donation, unpaid or partially unpaid loan, advance, or deposit of money or anything of value to the judge or the judge's personal campaign committee; (iii)  any transfer of funds from another reporting entity or a corporation to the judge or the judge's personal campaign committee; (iv)  compensation paid by any person or reporting entity other than the judge or the judge's personal campaign committee for personal services provided without charge to the judge or the judge's personal campaign committee; and (v)  goods or services provided to or for the benefit of the judge or the judge's personal campaign committee at less than fair market value. See Utah Code 20A-12-301 Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name. Corporation: means a domestic or foreign, profit or nonprofit, business organization that is registered as a corporation or is authorized to do business in a state and makes any expenditure from corporate funds for political purposes. See Utah Code 20A-12-301 Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries. Detailed listing: means : (a)  for each contribution: (i)  the name and address of the individual or source making the contribution, to the extent that the name or address of the individual or source is known; (ii)  the amount or value of the contribution; and (iii)  the date the contribution was made; and (b)  for each expenditure: (i)  the amount of the expenditure; (ii)  the person or entity to whom it was disbursed; (iii)  the specific purpose, item, or service acquired by the expenditure; and (iv)  the date the expenditure was made. See Utah Code 20A-12-301 Director: means a member of the board of directors. See Utah Code 16-6a-102 director of school and institutional trust lands: means the chief executive officer of the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration. See Utah Code 53C-1-103 Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial. Division: means the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code. See Utah Code 16-6a-102 Donor: The person who makes a gift. Election: means a regular general election, a municipal general election, a statewide special election, a local special election, a regular primary election, a municipal primary election, and a special district election. See Utah Code 20A-1-102 Election officer: means : (a)  the lieutenant governor, for all statewide ballots and elections; (b)  the county clerk for: (i)  a county ballot and election; and (ii)  a ballot and election as a provider election officer as provided in Section 20A-5-400. See Utah Code 20A-1-102 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. Expenditure: means : (i)  any disbursement from contributions or from the separate bank account required by this chapter; (ii)  a purchase, payment, donation, distribution, loan, advance, deposit, gift of money, or anything of value made for political purposes; (iii)  an express, legally enforceable contract, promise, or agreement to make any purchase, payment, donation, distribution, loan, advance, deposit, gift of money, or anything of value for political purposes; (iv)  compensation paid by a corporation or reporting entity for personal services rendered by a person without charge to the judge or the judge's personal campaign committee; (v)  a transfer of funds between the judge's personal campaign committee and another judge's personal campaign committee; or (vi)  goods or services provided by the judge's personal campaign committee to or for the benefit of another judge for political purposes at less than fair market value. See Utah Code 20A-12-301 Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller. Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator. Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006. Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC Foreign nonprofit corporation: means an entity: (a)  incorporated under a law other than the laws of this state; and (b)  that would be a nonprofit corporation if formed under the laws of this state. See Utah Code 16-6a-102 Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value. Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it. Individual: means a natural person. See Utah Code 20A-12-301 Interim report: means a report identifying the contributions received and expenditures made since the last report. See Utah Code 20A-12-301 Judicial office: means the office filled by any judicial officer. See Utah Code 20A-1-102 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. Land: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC mailing: includes registered or certified mail for which the proper fee is paid. See Utah Code 16-6a-102 Mineral: includes oil, gas, and hydrocarbons. See Utah Code 53C-1-103 Municipality: means a city, town, or metro township. See Utah Code 20A-1-102 Nominating committee: means the committee that nominates candidates for positions and vacancies on the board. See Utah Code 53C-1-103 Notice: means the same as that term is defined in Section 16-6a-103. See Utah Code 16-6a-102 Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period. Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses. Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Personal campaign committee: means the committee appointed by a judge to act for the judge as provided in this chapter. See Utah Code 20A-12-301 Policies: means statements applying to the administration that broadly prescribe a future course of action and guiding principles. See Utah Code 53C-1-103 Political purposes: means an act done with the intent or in a way to influence or tend to influence, directly or indirectly, any person to refrain from voting or to vote for or against any judge standing for retention at any election. See Utah Code 20A-12-301 Primary beneficiary representative: means the the Land Trusts Protection and Advocacy Office, created in Section 53D-2-201, acting as representative on behalf of the following trusts: (a)  the trust established for common schools; (b)  the trust established for schools for the blind; and (c)  the trust established for schools for the deaf. See Utah Code 53C-1-103 Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government. Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business. Registered agent: means the registered agent of: (a)  a domestic nonprofit corporation; or (b)  a foreign nonprofit corporation. See Utah Code 16-6a-102 Regular general election: means the election held throughout the state on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each even-numbered year for the purposes established in Section 20A-1-201. See Utah Code 20A-1-102 Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant. Reporting entity: means a judge, judge's personal campaign committee, candidate, a candidate's personal campaign committee, an officeholder, and a party committee, a political action committee, and a political issues committee. See Utah Code 20A-12-301 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 Summary report: means the year-end report containing the summary of a reporting entity's contributions and expenditures. See Utah Code 20A-12-301 Town: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 trust lands: means those properties granted by the United States in the Utah Enabling Act to the state in trust, and other lands transferred to the trust, which must be managed for the benefit of: (a)  the state's public education system; or (b)  the institutions of the state which are designated by the Utah Enabling Act as beneficiaries of trust lands. See Utah Code 53C-1-103 Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust. United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Uphold: The decision of an appellate court not to reverse a lower court decision. Vacancy: means : (a)  except as provided in Subsection (75)(b), the absence of an individual to serve in a position created by state constitution or state statute, whether that absence occurs because of death, disability, disqualification, resignation, or other cause ; or (b)  in relation to a candidate for a position created by state constitution or state statute, the removal of a candidate due to the candidate's death, resignation, or disqualification. See Utah Code 20A-1-102 Writing: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5