Utah Code > Title 65A > Chapter 8 > Part 2 – Fire Control
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- 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.
- City: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Division: means the Division of Forestry, Fire, and State Lands. See Utah Code 65A-1-1
- 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.
- 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.
- Initial attack: means action taken by the first resource to arrive at a wildland fire incident, including evaluating the wildland fire, patrolling, monitoring, holding action, or aggressive suppression action. See Utah Code 65A-1-1
- 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.
- Land: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Municipality: means a city, town, or metro township. See Utah Code 65A-1-1
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- Town: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Wildland: means an area where:
(a) development is essentially non-existent, except for roads, railroads, powerlines, or similar transportation facilities; and (b) structures, if any, are widely scattered. See Utah Code 65A-1-1 - Wildland fire: means a fire that consumes:
(a) wildland; or (b) wildland-urban interface, as defined in Section 65A-8a-102. See Utah Code 65A-1-1 - Writing: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Wildland fire: means a fire that consumes: