Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 35A > Chapter 4 > Part 4 - Benefits and Eligibility

• Agent: means an adult designated in an advance health care directive to make health care decisions for the declarant. See Utah Code 75-2a-103
• 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.
• Armed forces: means the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, and Coast Guard. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
• base period: means the first four of the last five completed calendar quarters next preceding the first day of the individual's benefit year with respect to any individual whose benefit year commences on or after January 5, 1986. See Utah Code 35A-4-201
• Benefit year: means the 52 consecutive week period beginning with the first week with respect to which an individual files for benefits and is found to have an insured status. See Utah Code 35A-4-201
• Benefits: means the money payments payable to an individual as provided in this chapter with respect to the individual's unemployment. See Utah Code 35A-4-201
• Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Decedent: A deceased person.
• Declarant: means an adult who has completed and signed or directed the signing of an advance health care directive. See Utah Code 75-2a-103
• Department: means the Department of Workforce Services created in Section 35A-1-103. See Utah Code 35A-1-102
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. ^Source:
• Division: means the Unemployment Insurance Division. See Utah Code 35A-4-201
• employer: means :

  (a)

  an individual or employing unit which employs one or more individuals for some portion of a day during a calendar year, or that, as a condition for approval of this chapter for full tax credit against the tax imposed by the Federal Unemployment Tax Act, is required, under the act, to be an employer;

  (b)	an employing unit that, having become an employer under Subsection (1)(a), has not, under Sections 35A-4-303 and 35A-4-310, ceased to be an employer subject to this chapter; or

  (c)

  for the effective period of its election under Subsection 35A-4-310(3), an employing unit that has elected to become fully subject to this chapter. See Utah Code 35A-4-203 Employment office: means a free public employment office or branch operated by this or any other state as a part of a state-controlled system of public employment offices or by a federal agency charged with the administration of an unemployment compensation program or free public employment offices. See Utah Code 35A-4-201 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. Extended benefits: has the meaning specified in Subsection 35A-4-402(7)(f). See Utah Code 35A-4-201 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. Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another. Fund: means the Unemployment Compensation Fund established by this chapter. See Utah Code 35A-4-201 Health care: means any care, treatment, service, or procedure to improve, maintain, diagnose, or otherwise affect an individual's physical or mental condition. See Utah Code 75-2a-103 Insured average fiscal year weekly wage: means the insured average fiscal year wage determined in Subsection (11), divided by 52, calculated to two decimal places, disregarding any fraction of one cent. See Utah Code 35A-4-201 Insured status: means that an individual has, during the individual's base-period, performed services and earned wages in employment sufficient to qualify for benefits under Section 35A-4-403. See Utah Code 35A-4-201 Insured work: means employment for an employer, as defined in Section 35A-4-203. See Utah Code 35A-4-201 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. Minor: means an individual who: (a)  is under 18 years old; and (b)  is not an emancipated minor. See Utah Code 75-2a-103 Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Public assistance: means : (a)  services or benefits provided under Chapter 3, Employment Support Act; (b)  medical assistance provided under Title 26B, Chapter 3, Health Care - Administration and Assistance; (c)  foster care maintenance payments provided from the General Fund or under Title IV-E of the Social Security Act; (d)  SNAP benefits; and (e)  any other public funds expended for the benefit of a person in need of financial, medical, food, housing, or related assistance. See Utah Code 35A-1-102 Recess: A temporary interruption of the legislative business. Revocable trust: A trust agreement that can be canceled, rescinded, revoked, or repealed by the grantor (person who establishes the trust). State: includes the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia. See Utah Code 35A-4-201 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 Surrogate: means a health care decision maker who is: (a)  an appointed agent; (b)  a default surrogate under the provisions of Section 75-2a-108; or (c)  a guardian. See Utah Code 75-2a-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 wages: means wages as currently defined by Section 3306(b), Internal Revenue Code of 1986, with modifications, subtractions, and adjustments provided in Subsections (2), (3), and (4). See Utah Code 35A-4-208 Week: means the period or periods of seven consecutive calendar days as the department may prescribe by rule. See Utah Code 35A-4-201