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Expungemen
A court order allowing the destruction or sealing of records of minors or adults, after the passage of a specified period of time or when the person reaches a specified age and has not committed another offense.
respondeat superior
A rule of civil law that once a matter has been litigated and final judgment has been rendered by the trial court, the matter cannot be relitigated by the parties in the same court, or any other trial court. A court will use res judicata to deny reconsideration of a matter.
Courts of record
Courts whose proceedings are permanently recorded, and which have the power to fine or imprison for contempt. In Utah, they include the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, district courts and juvenile courts. Courts not of record are those of lesser authority whose proceedings are not permanently recorded, i.e., the Justice Courts
Admissible evidence
Evidence, which can legally and properly is used in court.
Abstract of record
A short, abbreviated form of the case as found in the record.
Attorney of record
Attorney whose name appears in the permanent records or files of a case.
No-fault divorce
A kind of divorce in which the parties need not cast blame on one another for the failure of the marriage.
Defendant
The accused in a criminal case; the person from whom money or other recovery is sought in a civil case.
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