Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 78B > Chapter 8 > Part 5 - Small Business Equal Access to Justice Act

• 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.
• 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.
• Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
• Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
• Small business: means a commercial or business entity, including a sole proprietorship, which does not have more than 250 employees, but does not include an entity which is a subsidiary or affiliate of another entity which is not a small business. See Utah Code 78B-8-503
• State: means any department, board, institution, hospital, college, or university of the state of Utah or any political subdivision thereof, except with respect to actions brought under 31. See Utah Code 78B-8-503
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.