Utah Code > Title 76 > Chapter 8 – Offenses Against the Administration of Government
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- Act: means a voluntary bodily movement and includes speech. See Utah Code 76-1-101.5
- Actor: means a person whose criminal responsibility is in issue in a criminal action. See Utah Code 76-1-101.5
- Administrator: includes "executor" when the subject matter justifies the use. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
- Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
- Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
- Assistant director: means the assistant director who administers the program called the Division of Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing created in Section 35A-13-502. See Utah Code 35A-13-602
- Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
- Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
- Bequest: Property gifted by will.
- Blind: means an individual:
(a) whose central visual acuity does not exceed 20/200 in the better eye with correcting lenses; or (b) whose visual acuity is accompanied by a limit to the field of vision in the better eye to such a degree that its widest diameter subtends to an angle of no greater than 20 degrees. See Utah Code 35A-13-102 - board: means the Interpreter Certification Board created in Section 35A-13-603. See Utah Code 35A-13-602
- Bodily injury: means physical pain, illness, or any impairment of physical condition. See Utah Code 76-1-101.5
- Certified interpreter: means an individual who is certified as meeting the certification requirements of this part. See Utah Code 35A-13-602
- Chief administrator: means the principal of a school or the chief administrator of a school that does not have a principal, and includes the administrator's designee or representative. See Utah Code 76-8-1401
- City: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Client: means a person who receives or has received public assistance. See Utah Code 76-8-1201
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- Conduct: means an act or omission. See Utah Code 76-1-101.5
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- 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.
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Dangerous weapon: means :Utah Code 76-1-101.5
- Deaf: means an individual with a diagnosed auditory deficit that renders the individual unable to comprehend spoken language through audition only, even with medical intervention or amplification, and that results in functional limitations in one or more areas of daily living. See Utah Code 35A-13-102
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- Department: means the Department of Workforce Services created in Section 35A-1-103. See Utah Code 35A-1-102
- Devise: To gift property by will.
- Director: means the director of the Utah State Office of Rehabilitation. See Utah Code 35A-13-102
- Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
- Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
- 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 appointed under Section 35A-1-201. See Utah Code 35A-1-102
- False statement: includes a false unsworn declaration, with "unsworn declaration" being defined in Section 78B-18a-102. See Utah Code 76-8-501
- Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
- 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.
- Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
- Hard of hearing: means an individual with a diagnosed auditory deficit ranging from mild to profound that results in functional limitations in one or more areas of daily living. See Utah Code 35A-13-102
- Hearsay: Statements by a witness who did not see or hear the incident in question but heard about it from someone else. Hearsay is usually not admissible as evidence in court.
- Highway: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. Source: FDIC
- Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies.
- Interpreter services: means services that facilitate effective communication between a hearing individual and an individual who is deaf or hard of hearing through American Sign Language or a language system or code that is modeled after American Sign Language, in whole or in part, or is in any way derived from American Sign Language. See Utah Code 35A-13-602
- 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.
- Juror: A person who is on the jury.
- Material: means capable of affecting the course or outcome of an official proceeding, unless the person who made the statement or provided the information retracts the statement or information before the earlier of:
(a) the end of the official proceeding in which the statement was made or the information was provided; (b) when it becomes manifest that the false or misleading nature of the statement or information has been or will be exposed; or (c) when the statement or information substantially affects the proceeding. See Utah Code 76-8-501 - Oath: includes "affirmation. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
- Offense: means a violation of any penal statute of this state. See Utah Code 76-1-101.5
- Office: means the Utah State Office of Rehabilitation created in Section 35A-1-202. See Utah Code 35A-13-102
- Official proceeding: means :
(b) any civil or administrative action, trial, examination under oath, administrative proceeding, or other civil or administrative adjudicative process; or (c) an investigation or audit conducted by: (i) the Legislature, or a house, committee, subcommittee, or task force of the Legislature; or (ii) an employee or independent contractor of an entity described in Subsection (3)(c)(i), at or under the direction of an entity described in Subsection (3)(c)(i). See Utah Code 76-8-501 - 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.
- Party official: means a person holding any post in a political party whether by election, appointment, or otherwise. See Utah Code 76-8-101
- Peace officer: means an employee of a police or law enforcement agency that is part of or administered by the state or any of its political subdivisions, and whose duties consist primarily of the prevention and detection of crime and the enforcement of criminal statutes or ordinances of this state or any of its political subdivisions. See Utah Code 76-8-101
- Pecuniary benefit: means any advantage in the form of money, property, commercial interest, or anything else, the primary significance of which is economic gain. See Utah Code 76-8-101
- Person: means an individual, public or private corporation, government, partnership, or unincorporated association. See Utah Code 76-1-101.5
- Personal property: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Personal property: All property that is not real property.
- Possess: means to have physical possession of or to exercise dominion or control over tangible property. See Utah Code 76-1-101.5
- Preliminary hearing: A hearing where the judge decides whether there is enough evidence to make the defendant have a trial.
- Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
- Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
- 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
- Public entity: means :Utah Code 76-1-101.5
- Public officer: means :Utah Code 76-1-101.5
- Public property: includes real or personal property that is owned, held, or managed by a public entity after the real or personal property is transferred by the public entity to an independent contractor of the public entity. See Utah Code 76-8-101
- Public servant: means :Utah Code 76-1-101.5
- 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.
- 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.
- Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
- Road: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- School: means an elementary school or a secondary school that:
(a) is a public or private school; and (b) provides instruction for one or more of the grades kindergarten through 12. See Utah Code 76-8-1401 - 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
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
- Statute of limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights.
- Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
- Swear: includes "affirm. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
- Town: includes , depending on population, a metro township as defined in Section 10-3c-102. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
- 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
- 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