Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 22 > Article 1 - Department of Labor

• Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• consumer: means an individual who:

  Indiana Code 22-1-5-3

• consumer notice: means the notice described in section 14 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 22-1-5-4
• department: refers to the department of labor created under IC 22-1-1-1. See Indiana Code 22-1-5-5
• Highway: includes county bridges and state and county roads, unless otherwise expressly provided. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• home care services: means skilled and unskilled services provided to an individual at the individual's residence to enable the individual to remain in the residence safely and comfortably. See Indiana Code 22-1-5-6
• home care services worker: means an individual performing home care services for compensation. See Indiana Code 22-1-5-7
• Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. ^{Source: FDIC}
• 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.
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• motor carrier: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 22-1-7-1
• 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.
• placement agency: means a person engaged in the business of securing home care services employment for an individual or securing a home care services worker for a consumer. See Indiana Code 22-1-5-9
• Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• Testify: Answer questions in court.
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• worker notice: means the statement described in section 17 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 22-1-5-11