Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 20A > Chapter 7 > Part 8 - Statewide Electronic Voter Information Website

• Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
• 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.
• 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
• 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
• Ballot proposition: means a question, issue, or proposal that is submitted to voters on the ballot for their approval or rejection including:

  (a)	an opinion question specifically authorized by the Legislature;

  (b)	a constitutional amendment;

  (c)	an initiative;

  (d)	a referendum;

  (e)	a bond proposition;

  (f)	a judicial retention question;

  (g)	an incorporation of a city or town; or

  (h)

  any other ballot question specifically authorized by the Legislature. See Utah Code 20A-1-102 Board: means the Utah Board of Higher Education described in Section 53B-1-402. See Utah Code 53B-1-101.5 City: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another. 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 official: means any election officer, election judge, or poll worker. See Utah Code 20A-1-102 institution: means : (a)  an institution of higher education listed in Section 53B-1-102; or (b)  a Utah private, nonprofit postsecondary institution that is accredited by a regional accrediting organization recognized by the board. See Utah Code 53B-13a-102 Partner award: means a financial award described in Section 53B-13a-106. See Utah Code 53B-13a-102 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 Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Program: means the Utah Promise Program. See Utah Code 53B-13a-102 Promise partner: means an employer that participates in the program described in Section 53B-13a-106. See Utah Code 53B-13a-102 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 Voter: means an individual who: (a)  meets the requirements for voting in an election; (b)  meets the requirements of election registration; (c)  is registered to vote; and (d)  is listed in the official register book. See Utah Code 20A-1-102