Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 59 > Chapter 11 - Inheritance Tax Act

• 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.
• Application: means a document:

  (a)

  (i)  completed by an applicant to provide information about the risk to be insured; and (ii)  that contains information that is used by the insurer to evaluate risk and decide whether to: (A)  insure the risk under: (I)  the coverage as originally offered; or (II)  a modification of the coverage as originally offered; or (B)  decline to insure the risk; or

  (b)

  used by the insurer to gather information from the applicant before issuance of an annuity contract. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 articles of incorporation: means : (a)  the original articles; (b)  a special law; (c)  a charter; (d)  an amendment; (e)  restated articles; (f)  articles of merger or consolidation; (g)  a trust instrument; (h)  another constitutive document for a trust or other entity that is not a corporation; and (i)  an amendment to an item listed in Subsections (11)(a) through (h). See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account. Attorney-in-fact: A person who, acting as an agent, is given written authorization by another person to transact business for him (her) out of court. 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 Bequest: Property gifted by will. Certificate: means evidence of insurance given to: (a)  an insured under a group insurance policy; or (b)  a third party. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed. Corporation: means an insurance corporation, except when referring to: (i)  a corporation doing business: (A)  as: (I)  an insurance producer; (II)  a surplus lines producer; (III)  a limited line producer; (IV)  a consultant; (V)  a managing general agent; (VI)  a reinsurance intermediary; (VII)  a third party administrator; or (VIII)  an adjuster; and (B)  under: (I)  Chapter 23a, Insurance Marketing - Licensing Producers, Consultants, and Reinsurance Intermediaries; (II)  Chapter 25, Third Party Administrators; or (III)  Chapter 26, Insurance Adjusters; or (ii)  a noninsurer that is part of a holding company system under Chapter 16, Insurance Holding Companies. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Decedent: means a deceased natural person. See Utah Code 59-11-102 Decedent: A deceased person. Deficiency: is a s defined in Section 59-1-1402. See Utah Code 59-1-101 Department: means the Insurance Department. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Devise: To gift property by will. Enrollee: includes an insured. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent Executor: includes "administrator" when the subject matter justifies the use. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Federal credit: means the maximum amount of the credit for state death taxes allowed by Section 2011 in respect to a decedent's taxable estate. See Utah Code 59-11-102 Health benefit plan: means a policy, contract, certificate, or agreement offered or issued by an insurer to provide, deliver, arrange for, pay for, or reimburse any of the costs of health care, including major medical expense coverage. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Health care: means any of the following intended for use in the diagnosis, treatment, mitigation, or prevention of a human ailment or impairment: (a)  a professional service; (b)  a personal service; (c)  a facility; (d)  equipment; (e)  a device; (f)  supplies; or (g)  medicine. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Indemnity: means the payment of an amount to offset all or part of an insured loss. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Individual: means a natural person. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Insurance: includes : (i)  a risk distributing arrangement providing for compensation or replacement for damages or loss through the provision of a service or a benefit in kind; (ii)  a contract of guaranty or suretyship entered into by the guarantor or surety as a business and not as merely incidental to a business transaction; and (iii)  a plan in which the risk does not rest upon the person who makes an arrangement, but with a class of persons who have agreed to share the risk. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Insured: means a person to whom or for whose benefit an insurer makes a promise in an insurance policy and includes: (i)  a policyholder; (ii)  a subscriber; (iii)  a member; and (iv)  a beneficiary. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 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 Legatee: A beneficiary of a decedent Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt. Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Mutual: means a mutual insurance corporation. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 mutual corporation: means a mutual insurance corporation. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Nonresident: means a decedent who was domiciled outside of this state at the time of death. See Utah Code 59-11-102 Order: means an order of the commissioner. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Other state: means any state in the United States other than this state, the District of Columbia, or any possession or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 59-11-102 Participating: means a plan of insurance under which the insured is entitled to receive a dividend representing a share of the surplus of the insurer. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Person: includes any natural person, corporation, association, partnership, joint venture, syndicate, estate, trust, or other entity under which business or other activities may be conducted. See Utah Code 59-11-102 Person: includes : (a)  an individual; (b)  a partnership; (c)  a corporation; (d)  an incorporated or unincorporated association; (e)  a joint stock company; (f)  a trust; (g)  a limited liability company; (h)  a reciprocal; (i)  a syndicate; or (j)  another similar entity or combination of entities acting in concert. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Personal property: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Personal property: All property that is not real property. Personal representative: means the executor, administrator, or trustee of a decedent's estate, or, if there is no executor, administrator, or trustee appointed, qualified, and acting within this state, then any person in actual or constructive possession of any property of the decedent. See Utah Code 59-11-102 Premium: includes , however designated: (i)  an assessment; (ii)  a membership fee; (iii)  a required contribution; or (iv)  monetary consideration. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Probate: Proving a will Proceeding: includes an action or special statutory proceeding. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Rate: means : (i)  the cost of a given unit of insurance; or (ii)  for property or casualty insurance, that cost of insurance per exposure unit either expressed as: (A)  a single number; or (B)  a pure premium rate, adjusted before the application of individual risk variations based on loss or expense considerations to account for the treatment of: (I)  expenses; (II)  profit; and (III)  individual insurer variation in loss experience. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Reinsurance: means an insurance transaction where an insurer, for consideration, transfers any portion of the risk it has assumed to another insurer. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Resident: means a decedent who was domiciled in this state at the time of death. See Utah Code 59-11-102 Sell: means to exchange a contract of insurance: (a)  by any means; (b)  for money or its equivalent; and (c)  on behalf of an insurance company. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 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 Stock corporation: means a stock insurance corporation. See Utah Code 31A-1-301 Taxable estate: means "taxable estate" as defined in Section 2051, Internal Revenue Code. See Utah Code 59-11-102 Transfer: means "transfer" as described in Section 2001, Internal Revenue Code. See Utah Code 59-11-102 United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Writing: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5