Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 77 > Chapter 11b > Part 4 - Disposal and Allocation of Forfeited Property

• Acquittal:
  1. Judgement that a criminal defendant has not been proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
  2. A verdict of "not guilty."
   
• Agency: means the same as that term is defined in Section 77-11a-101. See Utah Code 77-11b-101
• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• 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
• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• Asset forfeiture: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Claimant: means the same as that term is defined in Section 77-11a-101. See Utah Code 77-11b-101
• Commission: means the State Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice created in Section 63M-7-201. See Utah Code 77-11b-101
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. ^Source:
• Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}
• Legal costs: means the costs and expenses incurred by a party in a forfeiture action. See Utah Code 77-11b-101
• Legislative body: means the same as that term is defined in Section 77-11a-101. See Utah Code 77-11b-101
• Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
• Proceeds: means the same as that term is defined in Section 77-11a-101. See Utah Code 77-11b-101
• Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Program: means the State Asset Forfeiture Grant Program created in Section 77-11b-403. See Utah Code 77-11b-101
• Property: means the same as that term is defined in Section 77-11a-101. See Utah Code 77-11b-101
• Prosecuting attorney: means the same as that term is defined in Section 77-11a-101. See Utah Code 77-11b-101
• Seized property: means the same as that term is defined in Section 77-11a-101. See Utah Code 77-11b-101
• 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
• United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.