Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 76 > Chapter 4

• Act: means a voluntary bodily movement and includes speech. See Utah Code 76-1-601
• Actor: means a person whose criminal responsibility is in issue in a criminal action. See Utah Code 76-1-601
• 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
• Bodily injury: means physical pain, illness, or any impairment of physical condition. See Utah Code 76-1-601
• Conduct: means an act or omission. See Utah Code 76-1-601
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Disaster: means an event that:

  (a)	causes, or threatens to cause, loss of life, human suffering, public or private property damage, or economic or social disruption resulting from attack, internal disturbance, natural phenomena, or technological hazard; and

  (b)

  requires resources that are beyond the scope of local agencies in routine responses to emergencies and accidents and may be of a magnitude or involve unusual circumstances that require response by government, not-for-profit, or private entities. See Utah Code 53-2a-102 Division: means the Division of Emergency Management created in Section 53-2a-103. See Utah Code 53-2a-102 Felony: A crime carrying a penalty of more than a year in prison. 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. 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. Misdemeanor: Usually a petty offense, a less serious crime than a felony, punishable by less than a year of confinement. Offense: means a violation of any penal statute of this state. See Utah Code 76-1-601 Person: means an individual, public or private corporation, government, partnership, or unincorporated association. See Utah Code 76-1-601 Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed. 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 State of emergency: means a condition in any part of this state that requires state government emergency assistance to supplement the local efforts of the affected political subdivision to save lives and to protect property, public health, welfare, or safety in the event of a disaster, or to avoid or reduce the threat of a disaster. See Utah Code 53-2a-102 United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 written: includes any handwriting, typewriting, printing, electronic storage or transmission, or any other method of recording information or fixing information in a form capable of being preserved. See Utah Code 76-1-601