Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 34 > Article 26 - Special Proceedings: Injunctions and Restraining Orders

• Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
• Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• Chambers: A judge's office.
• Clerk of court: An officer appointed by the court to work with the chief judge in overseeing the court's administration, especially to assist in managing the flow of cases through the court and to maintain court records.
• Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
• course of conduct: means a pattern of conduct composed of a series of acts over a period of time, however short, indicating a continuity of purpose, that includes the following:

  Indiana Code 34-26-6-1

• credible threat of violence: means a knowing and willful statement or course of conduct that does not serve a legitimate purpose and that causes a reasonable person to fear for the person's safety or for the safety of the person's immediate family. See Indiana Code 34-26-6-2
• Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. ^Source:
• employee: means :

  Indiana Code 34-26-6-3

• employer: means :

  Indiana Code 34-26-6-4

• minor: means a person less than eighteen (18) years of age. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Pro se: A Latin term meaning "on one's own behalf"; in courts, it refers to persons who present their own cases without lawyers.
• Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
• Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.