Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 5 > Article 7 - Officers' Fees and Salaries

• actually innocent: means , with respect to a particular offense, that a person:

  Indiana Code 5-2-23-2

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
• Attorney: includes a counselor or other person authorized to appear and represent a party in an action or special proceeding. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• 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.
• Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. ^{Source: OCC}
• Bequest: Property gifted by will.
• board: means the Indiana law enforcement training board created by IC 5-2-1-3. See Indiana Code 5-2-21.2-4
• bordering property: means a parcel of land:

  Indiana Code 36-7-11.2-2

• Building or structure: means anything constructed or erected:

  Indiana Code 36-7-9-2

• child: means a person who is less than eighteen (18) years of age. See Indiana Code 5-2-18-1
• Clerk: means the clerk of the court or a person authorized to perform the clerk's duties. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• commission: means the bail and release review commission established by section 2 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 5-2-25-1
• commission: means the northwestern Indiana regional planning commission established by section 3 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 36-7-7.6-2
• commission: refers to a historic preservation commission established through the adoption of an ordinance under section 4 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 36-7-11-1.5
• Commission: refers to the historic preservation commission appointed under section 3 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 36-7-11.1-2
• commission: refers to the Meridian Street preservation commission established by this chapter. See Indiana Code 36-7-11.2-3
• Community organization: means a citizen's group, neighborhood association, neighborhood development corporation, or similar organization that:

  Indiana Code 36-7-9-2

• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
• Continuous enforcement order: means an order that:

  Indiana Code 36-7-9-2

• 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.
• crisis intervention team training: means free training that crisis intervention teams provide for law enforcement officers regarding:

  Indiana Code 5-2-21.2-2

• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Department: refers to the executive department authorized by ordinance to administer this chapter. See Indiana Code 36-7-9-2
• department of metropolitan development: refers to the department of metropolitan development established by IC 36-3-5-4, subject to IC 36-3-4-23. See Indiana Code 36-7-11.2-4
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• development commission: refers to the metropolitan development commission. See Indiana Code 36-7-11.2-5
• development commission: refers to the Orange County development commission established by section 3. See Indiana Code 36-7-11.5-1
• Devise: To gift property by will.
• Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
• electronic edition: means a new edition of a newspaper that is only published on a newspaper's website and not published in a print edition. See Indiana Code 5-3-1-0.1
• Enforcement authority: refers to the chief administrative officer of the department, except in a consolidated city. See Indiana Code 36-7-9-2
• 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}
• 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.
• Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
• Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
• Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
• family: means any number of individuals who:

  Indiana Code 36-7-11.2-6

• Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
• Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
• 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.
• Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. ^{Source: OCC}
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• governmental body: has the meaning set forth in IC 5-22-2-13. See Indiana Code 5-2-18.2-1
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• Hearing authority: refers to a person or persons designated as such by the executive of a city or county, or by the legislative body of a town. See Indiana Code 36-7-9-2
• high risk missing person: means a person whose whereabouts are not known and who may be at risk of injury or death. See Indiana Code 5-2-17-1
• Historic area: means an area, within the county, declared by resolution of the historic preservation commission to be of historic or architectural significance and designated as a "historic area" by the historic preservation plan. See Indiana Code 36-7-11.1-2
• historic hotel: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 36-7-11.5-1
• Historic preservation plan: means a plan designating one (1) or more historic areas, prepared and setting forth a plan for historic preservation by the historic preservation commission under this chapter, and adopted by the metropolitan development commission as a part of the county's comprehensive plan. See Indiana Code 36-7-11.1-2
• hotel riverboat resort: refers to the historic hotels, the riverboat operated under Indiana Code 36-7-11.5-1
• in writing: include printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• individual in crisis: means an individual with:

  Indiana Code 5-2-21.2-3

• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. ^{Source: OCC}
• interested party: means the following:

  Indiana Code 36-7-11.2-7

• Judgment: means all final orders, decrees, and determinations in an action and all orders upon which executions may issue. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• 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.
• Known or recorded substantial property interest: means any right in real property, including a fee interest, a life estate interest, a future interest, a mortgage interest, a lien as evidenced by a certificate of sale issued under Indiana Code 36-7-9-2
• law enforcement agency: means an agency or a department of any level of government whose principal function is the apprehension of criminal offenders. See Indiana Code 5-2-17-2
• law enforcement agency: has the meaning set forth IC 5-2-17-2. See Indiana Code 5-2-18-2
• law enforcement agency: has the meaning set forth in IC 5-2-17-2. See Indiana Code 5-2-20-1
• law enforcement officer: has the meaning set forth in IC 5-2-1-2. See Indiana Code 5-2-18.2-2
• law enforcement officer: has the meaning set forth in IC 5-2-1-2. See Indiana Code 5-2-20-2
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Life estate: A property interest limited in duration to the life of the individual holding the interest (life tenant).
• Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
• locality newspaper: means a publication that meets all the following requirements:

  Indiana Code 5-3-1-0.2

• Meridian Street: means that part of a north-south meridian street in the city of Indianapolis, Marion County, known as Meridian Street, that lies:

  Indiana Code 36-7-11.2-8

• Meridian Street property: means a parcel of land of which any part lies within one hundred (100) feet due west or east of any part of the right-of-way for Meridian Street. See Indiana Code 36-7-11.2-9
• Minority leader: See Floor Leaders
• Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
• neighborhood association: means each of the following, including any successors whether an incorporated or unincorporated association:

  Indiana Code 36-7-11.2-10

• newspaper: refers to a newspaper:

  Indiana Code 5-3-1-0.4

• notice: means written notice:

  Indiana Code 36-7-11.2-11

• Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
• Oath: includes "affirmation" and "to swear" includes to "affirm". See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• occupant: means a person:

  Indiana Code 36-7-11.2-12

• owner: means a person who owns a legal or an equitable interest in Meridian Street or bordering property. See Indiana Code 36-7-11.2-13
• 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.
• person: means an individual, a corporation, a partnership, an association, a trust, a governmental body or agency, or other entity, public or private, capable of entering into an enforceable contract. See Indiana Code 36-7-11.2-14
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Personal property: includes goods, chattels, evidences of debt, and things in action. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Population: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• postsecondary educational institution: refers to any state educational institution (as defined in IC 21-7-13-32) or private postsecondary educational institution that receives state or federal funds. See Indiana Code 5-2-18.2-2.2
• Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. ^{Source: OCC}
• Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
• Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
• Public defender: Represent defendants who can't afford an attorney in criminal matters.
• qualified historic hotel: refers to a historic hotel that has an atrium that includes a dome that is at least two hundred (200) feet in diameter. See Indiana Code 36-7-11.5-1
• qualified publication: means a publication that:

  Indiana Code 5-3-1-0.7

• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• real property: include lands, tenements, and hereditaments. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• 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.
• Remand: When an appellate court sends a case back to a lower court for further proceedings.
• Rescission: The cancellation of budget authority previously provided by Congress. The Impoundment Control Act of 1974 specifies that the President may propose to Congress that funds be rescinded. If both Houses have not approved a rescission proposal (by passing legislation) within 45 days of continuous session, any funds being withheld must be made available for obligation.
• Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
• 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.
• Sheriff: means the sheriff of the county or another person authorized to perform sheriff's duties. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• society: refers to the Indiana historical society or the successor to the society. See Indiana Code 36-7-11.2-16
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• subject property: means Meridian Street or bordering property or existing or proposed construction on the property:

  Indiana Code 36-7-11.2-17

• Substantial property interest: means any right in personal property or real property that may be affected in a substantial way by actions authorized by this chapter, including a fee interest, a life estate interest, a future interest, a mortgage interest, or an equitable interest of a contract purchaser. See Indiana Code 36-7-9-2
• technical assistance center: means a center established by the board in conjunction with the Indiana commission to combat substance use disorder established by IC 4-3-25-3 and the division of mental health and addiction under IC 5-2-1-20 to support the development and sustainability of local crisis intervention teams. See Indiana Code 5-2-21.2-5
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• 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.
• tribe: means the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, a federally recognized Indian tribe (as defined by Indiana Code 5-2-24-1
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the commonwealths, possessions, states in free association with the United States, and the territories. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
• Verified: when applied to pleadings, means supported by oath or affirmation in writing. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Victim advocate: work with prosecutors and assist the victims of a crime.
• Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5