Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 23 > Chapter 27 > Part 1 - General Provisions

• Administrator: includes "executor" when the subject matter justifies the use. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
• 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
• Board: means the Wildlife Board. See Utah Code 23-27-102
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• 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.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Director: means the director of the division. See Utah Code 23-27-102
• Division: means the Division of Wildlife Resources. See Utah Code 23-27-102
• Dreissena mussel: means a mussel of the genus Dreissena at any life stage, including a zebra mussel, a quagga mussel, and Conrad's false mussel. See Utah Code 23-27-102
• Executive director: means the executive director of the Department of Natural Resources. See Utah Code 23-27-102
• Facility: means a structure that is located within or adjacent to a water body. See Utah Code 23-27-102
• 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.
• Highway: 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}
• Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Oath: includes "affirmation. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
• 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
• Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• 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
• Vessel: means the same as that term is defined in Section 73-18-2. See Utah Code 23-27-102
• Water body: means natural or impounded surface water, including a stream, river, spring, lake, reservoir, pond, wetland, tank, and fountain. See Utah Code 23-27-102
• Water supply system: includes a pump, canal, ditch, or pipeline. See Utah Code 23-27-102
• Writing: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5