Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 4 > Chapter 32 - Utah Meat and Poultry Products Inspection and Licensing Act

• 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 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 16-10a-102 Adjudicative proceeding: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Administrator: includes "executor" when the subject matter justifies the use. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Adulterant: means any poisonous or deleterious substance in a quantity that may be injurious to health, including: (a)  pesticides; (b)  heavy metals; (c)  solvents; (d)  microbial life; (e)  artificially derived cannabinoid; (f)  toxins; or (g)  foreign matter. See Utah Code 4-41a-102 Adulterated: means any meat or poultry product that: (a)  bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance that may render it injurious to health, but, if the substance is not an added substance, the meat or poultry product is not considered adulterated under this subsection if the quantity of the substance in or on the meat or poultry product does not ordinarily render it injurious to health; (b)  bears or contains, by reason of the administration of any substance to the animal or otherwise, any added poisonous or added deleterious substance that in the judgment of the commissioner makes the meat or poultry product unfit for human food; (c)  contains, in whole or in part, a raw agricultural commodity and that commodity bears or contains a pesticide chemical that is unsafe within the meaning of 21 U. See Utah Code 4-32-105 Agriculture: means the science and art of the production of plants and animals useful to man, including the preparation of plants and animals for human use and disposal by marketing or otherwise. See Utah Code 4-1-109 Amenable species: means : (a)  livestock, including cattle, sheep, goats, swine, or equine; or (b)  poultry, including a domesticated chicken, turkey, duck, goose, guinea, ratite, or squab. See Utah Code 4-32-105 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. Animal: means a domesticated or captive mammalian or avian species. See Utah Code 4-32-105 Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense. Antemortem inspection: means an inspection of a live animal immediately before slaughter. See Utah Code 4-32-105 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 Articles of incorporation: include : (a)  amended articles of incorporation; (b)  restated articles of incorporation; (c)  articles of merger; and (d)  a document of a similar import to the documents described in Subsections (3)(a) through (c). See Utah Code 16-6a-102 Articles of incorporation: include : (a)  amended and restated articles of incorporation; (b)  articles of merger; and (c)  a document of a similar import to those described in Subsections (4)(a) and (b). See Utah Code 16-10a-102 Artificially derived cannabinoid: means a chemical substance that is created by a chemical reaction that changes the molecular structure of any chemical substance derived from the cannabis plant. See Utah Code 4-41a-102 Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account. Assignment: includes any written stock power, bond power, bill of sale, deed, declaration of trust or other instrument of transfer. See Utah Code 22-5-2 Assumed corporate name: means a name assumed for use in this state: (a)  by a: (i)  foreign corporation pursuant to Section 16-10a-1506; or (ii)  a foreign nonprofit corporation pursuant to Section 16-6a-1506; and (b)  because the corporate name of the foreign corporation described in Subsection (4)(a) is not available for use in this state. See Utah Code 16-6a-102 Authorized shares: means the shares of all classes a domestic or foreign corporation is authorized to issue. See Utah Code 16-10a-102 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 Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings. 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: means the Cannabis Production Establishment Licensing Advisory Board created in Section 4-41a-201. See Utah Code 4-41a-102 board of directors: means the body authorized to manage the affairs of a domestic or foreign nonprofit corporation. See Utah Code 16-6a-102 Bylaws: includes : (i)  amended bylaws; and (ii)  restated bylaws. See Utah Code 16-6a-102 Bylaws: includes amended bylaws and restated bylaws. See Utah Code 16-10a-102 Cannabis: means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-4-201. See Utah Code 4-41a-102 Cannabis concentrate: means : (a)  the product of any chemical or physical process applied to naturally occurring biomass that concentrates or isolates the cannabinoids contained in the biomass; and (b)  any amount of a natural cannabinoid or artificially derived cannabinoid in an artificially derived cannabinoid's purified state. See Utah Code 4-41a-102 Cannabis cultivation facility: means a person that: (a)  possesses cannabis; (b)  grows or intends to grow cannabis; and (c)  sells or intends to sell cannabis to a cannabis cultivation facility, a cannabis processing facility, or a medical cannabis research licensee. See Utah Code 4-41a-102 Cannabis derivative product: means a product made using cannabis concentrate. See Utah Code 4-41a-102 Cannabis plant product: means any portion of a cannabis plant intended to be sold in a form that is recognizable as a portion of a cannabis plant. See Utah Code 4-41a-102 Cannabis processing facility: means a person that: (a)  acquires or intends to acquire cannabis from a cannabis production establishment; (b)  possesses cannabis with the intent to manufacture a cannabis product; (c)  manufactures or intends to manufacture a cannabis product from unprocessed cannabis or a cannabis extract; and (d)  sells or intends to sell a cannabis product to a medical cannabis pharmacy or a medical cannabis research licensee. See Utah Code 4-41a-102 Cannabis product: means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-4-201. See Utah Code 4-41a-102 Cannabis production establishment: means a cannabis cultivation facility, a cannabis processing facility, or an independent cannabis testing laboratory. See Utah Code 4-41a-102 Cannabis production establishment agent: means a cannabis cultivation facility agent, a cannabis processing facility agent, or an independent cannabis testing laboratory agent. See Utah Code 4-41a-102 Cannabis production establishment agent registration card: means a registration card that the department issues that: (a)  authorizes an individual to act as a cannabis production establishment agent; and (b)  designates the type of cannabis production establishment for which an individual is authorized to act as an agent. See Utah Code 4-41a-102 Capable of use as human food: means any animal carcass, or part or product of a carcass, unless it is denatured or otherwise identified as required by rules of the department to deter the carcass or product's use as human food. See Utah Code 4-32-105 City: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Claim of beneficial interest: includes a claim of any interest by a decedent's legatee, distributee, heir or creditor, a beneficiary under a trust, a ward, a beneficial owner of a security registered in the name of a nominee, or a minor owner of a security registered in the name of a custodian, or a claim of any similar interest, whether the claim is asserted by the claimant or by a fiduciary or by any other authorized person in his behalf, and includes a claim that the transfer would be in breach of fiduciary duties. See Utah Code 22-5-2 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 Commissioner: includes a person authorized by the commissioner to carry out the provisions of this chapter. See Utah Code 4-32-105 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. Community location: means a public or private elementary or secondary school, a church, a public library, a public playground, or a public park. See Utah Code 4-41a-102 Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant. Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time. Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed. Convention: means the political party convention at which party officers and delegates are selected. See Utah Code 20A-1-102 Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant. cooperative: means a nonprofit corporation organized or existing under this chapter. See Utah Code 16-6a-102 Corporate name: means : (a)  the name of a domestic corporation as stated in the domestic corporation's articles of incorporation; (b)  the name of a domestic nonprofit corporation as stated in the domestic nonprofit corporation's articles of incorporation; (c)  the name of a foreign corporation as stated in the foreign corporation's: (i)  articles of incorporation; or (ii)  document of similar import to articles of incorporation; or (d)  the name of a foreign nonprofit corporation as stated in the foreign nonprofit corporation's: (i)  articles of incorporation; or (ii)  document of similar import to articles of incorporation. See Utah Code 16-6a-102 Corporate name: means : (a)  the name of a domestic corporation or a domestic nonprofit corporation as stated in its articles of incorporation; or (b)  the name of a foreign corporation or a foreign nonprofit corporation as stated in its articles of incorporation or document of similar import. See Utah Code 16-10a-102 Corporate records: means the records described in Section 16-6a-1601. See Utah Code 16-6a-102 Corporation: means a private or public corporation, association or trust issuing a security. See Utah Code 22-5-2 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. Custom exempt processing: means processing meat, wild game, amenable species, or nonamenable species as a service for the person who owns the meat, wild game, amenable species, or nonamenable species, if the person: (a)  uses the meat, meat food products, slaughtered amenable species, wild game, or slaughtered nonamenable species for the person's own consumption, including consumption by immediate family members and nonpaying guests; or (b)  offers the slaughtered nonamenable species for wholesale or retail sale. See Utah Code 4-32-105 Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries. Decedent: A deceased person. Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another. Deliver: includes delivery by mail or another means of transmission authorized by Section 16-6a-103, except that delivery to the division means actual receipt by the division. See Utah Code 16-6a-102 Deliver: includes delivery by mail or another means of transmission authorized by Section 16-10a-103, except that delivery to the division means actual receipt by the division. See Utah Code 16-10a-102 Department: means the Department of Agriculture and Food. See Utah Code 4-41a-102 Department: means the Department of Agriculture and Food created in Chapter 2, Administration. See Utah Code 4-1-109 Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial. Director: means a member of the board of directors. See Utah Code 16-6a-102 Distribution: means the payment of a dividend or any part of the income or profit of a nonprofit corporation to the nonprofit corporation's: (i)  members; (ii)  directors; or (iii)  officers. See Utah Code 16-6a-102 Distribution: means the following by a corporation to or for the benefit of its shareholders in respect of any of the corporation's shares: (i)  a direct or indirect transfer of money or other property, other than a corporation's own shares; or (ii)  incurrence of indebtedness by the corporation. See Utah Code 16-10a-102 Division: means the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code. See Utah Code 16-6a-102 Division: means the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code. See Utah Code 16-10a-102 domestic corporation: means a corporation for profit that: (a)  is not a foreign corporation; and (b)  is incorporated under or subject to this chapter. See Utah Code 16-10a-102 domestic nonprofit corporation: means an entity that: (a)  is not a foreign nonprofit corporation; and (b)  is incorporated under or subject to this chapter. See Utah Code 16-6a-102 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 electronically transmitted: means a process of communication not directly involving the physical transfer of paper that is suitable for the receipt, retention, retrieval, and reproduction of information by the recipient, whether by e-mail, facsimile, or otherwise. See Utah Code 16-10a-102 Employee: includes an officer but not a director, unless the director accepts a duty that makes that director also an employee. See Utah Code 16-10a-102 Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs. Entity: includes : (a)  a domestic and foreign corporation; (b)  a nonprofit corporation; (c)  a limited liability company; (d)  a profit or nonprofit unincorporated association; (e)  a business trust; (f)  an estate; (g)  a partnership; (h)  a trust; (i)  two or more persons having a joint or common economic interest; (j)  a state; (k)  the United States; and (l)  a foreign government. See Utah Code 16-10a-102 Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met. 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. Executive director: means the executive director of the Department of Commerce. See Utah Code 16-6a-102 Farm custom slaughter: means custom exempt slaughtering of an animal, amenable species, or nonamenable species for an owner without official inspection. See Utah Code 4-32-105 Farm custom slaughter license: means a license issued by the department to allow farm custom slaughter. See Utah Code 4-32-105 Federal acts: means : (a)  the Federal Meat Inspection Act, 21 U. See Utah Code 4-32-105 Fiduciary: means an executor, administrator, trustee, guardian, committee, conservator, curator, tutor, custodian or nominee. See Utah Code 22-5-2 Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator. Foreign corporation: means a corporation for profit incorporated under a law other than the laws of this state. See Utah Code 16-6a-102 Foreign corporation: means a corporation for profit incorporated under a law other than the law of this state. See Utah Code 16-10a-102 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 Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another. Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value. Governmental subdivision: means : (a)  county; (b)  municipality; or (c)  another type of governmental subdivision authorized by the laws of this state. See Utah Code 16-10a-102 Home delivery medical cannabis pharmacy: means a medical cannabis pharmacy that the department authorizes, as part of the pharmacy's license, to deliver medical cannabis shipments to a delivery address to fulfill electronic orders that the state central patient portal facilitates. See Utah Code 4-41a-102 Immediate container: means any consumer package, or any other container, in which meat or poultry products not consumer packaged are packed. See Utah Code 4-32-105 Independent cannabis testing laboratory: includes a laboratory that the department or a research university operates in accordance with Subsection 4-41a-201(14). See Utah Code 4-41a-102 Individual: means : (a)  a natural person; (b)  the estate of an incompetent individual; or (c)  the estate of a deceased individual. See Utah Code 16-6a-102 Individual: means : (a)  a natural person; (b)  the estate of an incompetent individual; or (c)  the estate of a deceased individual. See Utah Code 16-10a-102 Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury. Inspector: means a department employee who is trained in: (a)  humane handling; (b)  antemortem and postmortem inspection; (c)  processing inspection; and (d)  regulatory requirements. See Utah Code 4-32-105 Intangible property: Property that has no intrinsic value, but is merely the evidence of value such as stock certificates, bonds, and promissory notes. Interrogatories: Written questions asked by one party of an opposing party, who must answer them in writing under oath; a discovery device in a lawsuit. Inventory control system: means a system described in Section 4-41a-103. See Utah Code 4-41a-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. Label: means a display of printed or graphic matter upon any meat or poultry product or the immediate container, not including package liners, of any such product. See Utah Code 4-32-105 Labeling: means all labels and other printed or graphic matter: (a)  upon any meat or poultry product or any of its containers or wrappers; or (b)  accompanying a meat or poultry product. See Utah Code 4-32-105 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 Legal tender: coins, dollar bills, or other currency issued by a government as official money. Source: U.S. Mint Legatee: A beneficiary of a decedent Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity. Licensee: means a person who holds a valid farm custom slaughter license. See Utah Code 4-32-105 Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants. Livestock: means cattle, sheep, goats, swine, horses, mules, poultry, domesticated elk as defined in Section 4-39-102, or any other domestic animal or domestic furbearer raised or kept for profit. See Utah Code 4-1-109 mailing: includes registered or certified mail for which the proper fee is paid. See Utah Code 16-6a-102 Meat: means the edible muscle, and other edible parts, of an animal, including edible: (a)  skeletal muscle; (b)  organs; (c)  muscle found in the tongue, diaphragm, heart, or esophagus; and (d)  fat, bone, skin, sinew, nerve, or blood vessel that normally accompanies meat and is not ordinarily removed in processing. See Utah Code 4-32-105 Meat establishment: means a plant or fixed premises used to: (a)  slaughter animals for human consumption; or (b)  process meat or poultry products for human consumption. See Utah Code 4-32-105 Meat product: means any product capable of use as human food that is made wholly or in part from any meat or other part of the carcass of any non-avian animal. See Utah Code 4-32-105 Medical cannabis: means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-4-201. See Utah Code 4-41a-102 Medical cannabis card: means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-4-201. See Utah Code 4-41a-102 Medical cannabis courier: means a courier that: (a)  the department licenses in accordance with Section 4-41a-1201; and      (b) contracts with a home delivery medical cannabis pharmacy to deliver medical cannabis shipments to fulfill electronic orders that the state central patient portal facilitates. See Utah Code 4-41a-102 Medical cannabis courier agent: means an individual who: (a)  is an employee of a medical cannabis courier; and (b)  who holds a valid medical cannabis courier agent registration card. See Utah Code 4-41a-102 Medical cannabis pharmacy: means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-4-201. See Utah Code 4-41a-102 Medical cannabis pharmacy agent: means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-4-201. See Utah Code 4-41a-102 Medical cannabis research license: means a license that the department issues to a research university for the purpose of obtaining and possessing medical cannabis for academic research. See Utah Code 4-41a-102 Medical cannabis research licensee: means a research university that the department licenses to obtain and possess medical cannabis for academic research, in accordance with Section 4-41a-901. See Utah Code 4-41a-102 Medical cannabis treatment: means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-4-201. See Utah Code 4-41a-102 Medicinal dosage form: means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-4-201. See Utah Code 4-41a-102 Member: includes : (i)  "voting member"; and (ii)  a shareholder in a water company. See Utah Code 16-6a-102 Membership: refers to the rights and obligations of a member or members. See Utah Code 16-6a-102 Misbranded: means any meat or poultry product that: (a)  bears a label that is false or misleading in any particular; (b)  is offered for sale under the name of another food; (c)  is an imitation of another food, unless the label bears, in type of uniform size and prominence, the word "imitation" followed by the name of the food imitated; (d)  if it has a container, the container is made, formed, or filled as to be misleading; (e)  does not bear a label showing: (i)  the name and place of business of the manufacturer, packer, or distributor; and (ii)  an accurate statement of the quantity of the product in terms of weight, measure, or numerical count, provided that under this Subsection (27)(e), exemptions as to meat and poultry products not in containers may be established by rules of the department and that under this Subsection (27)(e)(ii), reasonable variations may be permitted, and exemptions for small packages may be established for meat or poultry products by rule of the department; (f)  does not bear any word, statement, or other information required by or under authority of this chapter to appear on the label or other labeling that is not prominently placed with such conspicuousness, as compared with other words, statements, designs, or devices, in the labeling, and in such terms as to render it likely to be read and understood by the ordinary individual under customary conditions of purchase and use; (g)  is a food for which a definition and standard of identity or composition has been prescribed by rules of the department under Section 4-32-109 if the food does not conform to the definition and standard and the label does not bear the name of the food and any other information that is required by the rule; (h)  is a food for which a standard of fill has been prescribed by rule of the department for the container and the actual fill of the container falls below that prescribed unless the food's label bears, in a manner and form as the rule specifies, a statement that the food falls below the standard; (i)  is a food for which no standard or definition of identity has been prescribed under Subsection (27)(g) unless the label bears: (i)  the common or usual name of the food, if there be any; and (ii)  if the food is fabricated from two or more ingredients, the common or usual name of each such ingredient, except that spices, flavorings, and colorings may, when authorized by the department, be designated as spices, flavorings, and colorings without naming each, provided that to the extent that compliance with the requirements of this Subsection (27)(i)(ii) is impracticable, or results in deception or unfair competition, exemptions shall be established by rule; (j)  is a food that purports to be or is represented to be for special dietary uses, unless the label bears information concerning the food's vitamin, mineral, and other dietary properties as the department, after consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States, prescribes by rules as necessary to inform purchasers as to the food's value for special dietary uses; (k)  bears or contains any artificial flavoring, artificial coloring, or chemical preservative, unless the food bears labeling stating that fact, provided that to the extent that compliance with the requirements of this subsection are impracticable, exemptions shall be prescribed by rules of the department; or (l)  does not bear directly thereon and on the food's containers, as the department may prescribe by rule, the official inspection legend and establishment number of the official establishment where the product was prepared, and, unrestricted by any of the foregoing, other information as the department may require by rule to assure that the meat or poultry product will not have false or misleading labeling and that the public will be informed of the manner of handling required to maintain the meat or poultry product in a wholesome condition. See Utah Code 4-32-105 money: means : (i)  legal tender; (ii)  a negotiable instrument; or (iii)  other cash equivalent readily convertible into legal tender. See Utah Code 16-6a-102 Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan. Municipality: means a city, town, or metro township. See Utah Code 20A-1-102 Nonamenable species: includes domesticated game, as defined in Section 4-32a-201. See Utah Code 4-32-105 Notice: means the same as that term is defined in Section 16-6a-103. See Utah Code 16-6a-102 Notice: is a s provided in Section 16-10a-103. See Utah Code 16-10a-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. Official certificate: means any certificate prescribed by rules of the department for issuance by an inspector or other person performing official functions under this chapter. See Utah Code 4-32-105 Official device: means a device prescribed or authorized by the commissioner for use in applying an official mark. See Utah Code 4-32-105 Official establishment: means an establishment at which inspection of the slaughter of animals or the preparation of meat or poultry products is maintained under the authority of this chapter. See Utah Code 4-32-105 Official inspection: means mandatory inspection, carried out under grant of inspection issued by the department, of a slaughtered animal or preparation for slaughtering an animal, if the animal is intended for human consumption. See Utah Code 4-32-105 Official inspection legend: means a symbol prescribed by rules of the department showing that a meat or poultry product was inspected and passed in accordance with this chapter. See Utah Code 4-32-105 Official mark: means the official legend or other symbol prescribed by rules of the department to identify the status of an animal carcass or meat or poultry product under this chapter. See Utah Code 4-32-105 Organization: means a corporation, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, two or more persons having a joint or common interest, or any other legal entity. See Utah Code 4-1-109 package: means any box, can, tin, cloth, plastic, or other receptacle, wrapper, or cover. See Utah Code 4-32-105 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: includes an individual, a corporation, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, two or more persons having a joint or common interest, or any other legal or commercial entity. See Utah Code 22-5-2 Person: means a natural person or individual, corporation, organization, or other legal entity. See Utah Code 4-1-109 Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Person: means an: (a)  individual; or (b)  entity. See Utah Code 16-6a-102 Personal property: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Personal property: All property that is not real property. Pharmacy medical provider: means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-4-201. See Utah Code 4-41a-102 Postmortem inspection: means an inspection of a slaughtered food animal's carcass after slaughter. See Utah Code 4-32-105 Poultry: means any domesticated bird, whether living or dead. See Utah Code 4-32-105 Poultry product: means any product capable of use as human food that is made wholly or in part from any poultry carcass, excepting products that contain poultry ingredients in relatively small proportion or that historically have not been considered by consumers as products of the poultry food industry, and that are exempted from definition as a poultry product by the commissioner. See Utah Code 4-32-105 Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. Source: OCC Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way. Prepared: means slaughtered, canned, salted, stuffed, rendered, boned, cut up, or otherwise manufactured or processed. See Utah Code 4-32-105 Principal office: means : (a)  the office, in or out of this state, designated by a domestic or foreign nonprofit corporation as its principal office in the most recent document on file with the division providing that information, including: (i)  an annual report; (ii)  an application for a certificate of authority; or (iii)  a notice of change of principal office; or (b)  if no principal office can be determined, a domestic or foreign nonprofit corporation's registered office. See Utah Code 16-6a-102 Principal office: means the office, in or out of this state, designated by a domestic or foreign corporation as its principal office in the most recent document on file with the division providing the information, including: (a)  an annual report; (b)  an application for a certificate of authority; or (c)  a notice of change of principal office. See Utah Code 16-10a-102 Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed. Proceeding: includes : (a)  a civil suit; (b)  arbitration; (c)  mediation; (d)  a criminal action; (e)  an administrative action; or (f)  an investigatory action. See Utah Code 16-6a-102 Proceeding: includes : (a)  a civil suit; (b)  arbitration or mediation; and (c)  a criminal, administrative, or investigatory action. See Utah Code 16-10a-102 Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Process: means to cut, grind, manufacture, compound, smoke, intermix, or prepare meat or poultry products. See Utah Code 4-32-105 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. Qualified medical provider: means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-4-201. See Utah Code 4-41a-102 Qualified Production Enterprise Fund: means the fund created in Section 4-41a-104. See Utah Code 4-41a-102 Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business. 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. Receive: when used in reference to receipt of a writing or other document by a domestic or foreign nonprofit corporation, means the writing or other document is actually received: (a)  by the domestic or foreign nonprofit corporation at: (i)  its registered office in this state; or (ii)  its principal office; (b)  by the secretary of the domestic or foreign nonprofit corporation, wherever the secretary is found; or (c)  by another person authorized by the bylaws or the board of directors to receive the writing or other document, wherever that person is found. See Utah Code 16-6a-102 Receive: when used in reference to receipt of a writing or other document by a domestic or foreign corporation, means the writing or other document is actually received by: (a)  the corporation at its: (i)  registered office in this state; or (ii)  principal office; (b)  the secretary of the corporation, wherever the secretary is found; or (c)  another person authorized by the bylaws or the board of directors to receive the writing or other document, wherever that person is found. See Utah Code 16-10a-102 Recommending medical provider: means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-4-201. See Utah Code 4-41a-102 Record date: means the date established under 6, or 7, on which a corporation determines the identity of its shareholders. See Utah Code 16-10a-102 Registered agent: means the registered agent of: (a)  a domestic nonprofit corporation; or (b)  a foreign nonprofit corporation. See Utah Code 16-6a-102 Registered office: means the office within this state designated by a domestic or foreign nonprofit corporation as its registered office in the most recent document on file with the division providing that information, including: (a)  articles of incorporation; (b)  an application for a certificate of authority; or (c)  a notice of change of registered office. See Utah Code 16-6a-102 Registered office: means the office within this state designated by a domestic or foreign corporation as its registered office in the most recent document on file with the division providing that information, including: (a)  articles of incorporation; (b)  an application for a certificate of authority; or (c)  a notice of change of registered office. See Utah Code 16-10a-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. Research university: means the same as that term is defined in Section 53B-7-702 and a private, nonprofit college or university in the state that: (a)  is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities; (b)  grants doctoral degrees; and (c)  has a laboratory containing or a program researching a schedule I controlled substance described in Section 58-37-4. See Utah Code 4-41a-102 Secretary: means the corporate officer to whom the bylaws or the board of directors delegates responsibility under Subsection 16-10a-830(3) for: (a)  the preparation and maintenance of: (i)  minutes of the meetings of the board of directors and of the shareholders; and (ii)  the other records and information required to be kept by the corporation by Section 16-10a-830; and (b)  authenticating records of the corporation. See Utah Code 16-10a-102 Security: includes any share of stock, bond, debenture, note or other security issued by a corporation which is registered as to ownership on the books of the corporation. See Utah Code 22-5-2 Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party. Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims. Share: means the unit into which the proprietary interests in a corporation are divided. See Utah Code 16-10a-102 Shareholder: means : (i)  the person in whose name a share is registered in the records of a corporation; or (ii)  the beneficial owner of a share to the extent recognized pursuant to Section 16-10a-723. See Utah Code 16-10a-102 Signature: includes a name, mark, or sign written with the intent to authenticate an instrument or writing. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Slaughter: means : (a)  the killing of an animal, amenable species, or nonamenable species in a humane manner including skinning or dressing; or (b)  the process of performing any of the specified acts in preparing an animal, amenable species, or nonamenable species for human consumption. See Utah Code 4-32-105 Special district: means a local government entity under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Special Districts, and includes a special service district under Title 17D, Chapter 1, Special Service District Act. See Utah Code 20A-1-102 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 State electronic verification system: means the system described in Section 26B-4-202. See Utah Code 4-41a-102 Statute: A law passed by a legislature. Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony. Subscriber: means a person who subscribes for shares in a corporation, whether before or after incorporation. See Utah Code 16-10a-102 Swear: includes "affirm. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries. Total composite tetrahydrocannabinol: means all detectable forms of tetrahydrocannabinol. See Utah Code 4-41a-102 Town: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Transfer: means a change on the books of a corporation in the registered ownership of a security. See Utah Code 22-5-2 Transfer agent: means a person employed or authorized by a corporation to transfer securities issued by the corporation. See Utah Code 22-5-2 Tribal nonprofit corporation: means a nonprofit corporation: (a)  incorporated under the law of a tribe; and (b)  that is at least 51% owned or controlled by the tribe. See Utah Code 16-6a-102 Tribe: means a tribe, band, nation, pueblo, or other organized group or community of Indians, including an Alaska Native village, that is legally recognized as eligible for and is consistent with a special program, service, or entitlement provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians. See Utah Code 16-10a-102 Trust account: A general term that covers all types of accounts in a trust department, such as estates, guardianships, and agencies. Source: OCC 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. Vessel: when used with reference to shipping, includes a steamboat, canal boat, and every structure adapted to be navigated from place to place. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Vote: includes authorization by: (a)  written ballot; and (b)  written consent. See Utah Code 16-6a-102 Voting group: means all the members of one or more classes of members or directors that, under this chapter, the articles of incorporation, or the bylaws, are entitled to vote and be counted together collectively on a matter. See Utah Code 16-6a-102 Voting group: means all shares of one or more classes or series that under the articles of incorporation or this chapter are entitled to vote and be counted together collectively on a matter at a meeting of shareholders. See Utah Code 16-10a-102 voting member: includes a "shareholder" if the nonprofit corporation has shareholders. See Utah Code 16-6a-102 Wild game: means a species, the products of which are food, that is not classified as an amenable species or nonamenable species, including: (a)  a deer; (b)  an elk; (c)  an antelope; (d)  a moose; (e)  a bison; (f)  a rabbit; and (g)  a bird. See Utah Code 4-32-105 Writing: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5