78B-1-102 - Definitions. - Utah Statutes

78B-1-102. Definitions.
As used in this part:
(1) "Clerk" or "clerk of the court" means the person so designated by title and includesany deputy clerk.
(2) "Court" means trial court.
(3) "Jury" means a body of persons temporarily selected from the citizens of a particularcounty invested with the power to present and indict a person for a public offense or to try aquestion of fact.
(4) "Master jury list" means the source lists as prescribed by the Judicial Council underSection 78B-1-106.
(5) "Public necessity" means circumstances in which services performed by theprospective juror to members of the public in either a public or a private capacity cannotadequately be performed by others.
(6) "Qualified jury list" means the list of prospective jurors whose names are drawn atrandom from the master jury list and are determined to be qualified to serve as jurors.
(7) "Trial jury" means a body of persons selected from the citizens of a particular countybefore a court or officer of competent jurisdiction and sworn to try and determine by verdict aquestion of fact.
(8) "Undue hardship" means circumstances in which the prospective juror would:
(a) be required to abandon a person under his or her personal care or incur the cost ofsubstitute care which is unreasonable under the circumstances;
(b) suffer extreme physical hardship due to an illness, injury, or disability; or
(c) incur substantial costs or lost opportunities due to missing an event that wasscheduled prior to the initial notice of potential jury service.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session