Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 76 > Chapter 6 > Part 6 - Retail Theft

• Actor: means a person whose criminal responsibility is in issue in a criminal action. See Utah Code 76-1-101.5
• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• 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.
• Merchandise: means any personal property displayed, held, or offered for sale by a merchant. See Utah Code 76-6-601
• Merchant: means an owner or operator of any retail mercantile establishment where merchandise is displayed, held, or offered for sale and includes the merchant's employees, servants, or agents. See Utah Code 76-6-601
• Minor: means any unmarried person under 18 years of age. See Utah Code 76-6-601
• Offense: means a violation of any penal statute of this state. See Utah Code 76-1-101.5
• Person: means an individual, public or private corporation, government, partnership, or unincorporated association. See Utah Code 76-1-101.5
• Premises of a retail mercantile establishment: includes , but is not limited to, the retail mercantile establishment; any common use areas in shopping centers and all parking lots or areas set aside for the benefit of those patrons of the retail mercantile establishment. See Utah Code 76-6-601
• Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
• Retail mercantile establishment: means any place where merchandise is displayed, held, or offered for sale to the public. See Utah Code 76-6-601
• Retail value: means the merchant's stated or advertised price of the merchandise. See Utah Code 76-6-601
• Shopping cart: means those push carts of the types which are commonly provided by grocery stores, drug stores, or other mercantile establishments, or markets for the use of the public in transporting commodities in stores and markets from the store to a place outside the store. See Utah Code 76-6-601
• 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 76-1-101.5