Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 2 > Article 5 > Chapter 1.1 - Legislative Council

• act: refers to the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (P. See Indiana Code 4-4-38.6-1
• Administratrix: The female counterpart of an administrator. See also
• agency: whenever used in this chapter , means and includes any board, bureau, commission, department, agency, or instrumentality of the state of Indiana; provided, however, this chapter shall not be construed to apply where:

  Indiana Code 4-6-5-6

• Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
• 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
• 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
• BEAD NOFO: refers to the Notice of Funding Opportunity for the federal Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program, as issued by NTIA on May 12, 2022, pursuant to Indiana Code 4-4-38.6-2
• broadband Internet: means a connection to the Internet that provides an actual speed of at least fifty (50) megabits per second downstream and at least five (5) megabits per second upstream, regardless of the technology or medium used to provide the connection. See Indiana Code 4-4-41-1
• Caucus: From the Algonquian Indian language, a caucus meant "to meet together." An informal organization of members of the legislature that exists to discuss issues of mutual concern and possibly to perform legislative research and policy planning for its members. There are regional, political or ideological, ethnic, and economic-based caucuses.
• Clerk: means the clerk of the court or a person authorized to perform the clerk's duties. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• competent attorney: as used in this chapter , means a citizen of this state who has been duly licensed to practice law in this state. See Indiana Code 4-6-5-6
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• 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.
• Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.
• Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
• Documentary material: means the original or a copy of a book, record, report, memorandum, paper, communication, tabulation, chart, or other document. See Indiana Code 4-6-3-1
• 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
• Executrix: The female counterpart of an executor. See also
• final proposal: refers to the office's final proposal (as described in Indiana Code 4-4-38.6-3
• 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.
• fund: refers to the rural broadband fund established by Indiana Code 4-4-41-2
• Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
• 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.
• in writing: include printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• initial proposal: refers to the office's initial proposal (as described in Indiana Code 4-4-38.6-4
• Interrogatories: Written questions asked by one party of an opposing party, who must answer them in writing under oath; a discovery device in a lawsuit.
• 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.
• Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
• Local agency: means an administration, agency, authority, board, bureau, commission, committee, council, department division, institution, office, officer, service, or other similar body of a political subdivision created or established pursuant to law. See Indiana Code 4-6-3-1
• Majority leader: see Floor Leaders
• minimum broadband Internet: means a connection to the Internet that provides an actual speed of at least twenty-five (25) megabits per second downstream and at least three (3) megabits per second upstream, regardless of the technology or medium used to provide the connection. See Indiana Code 4-4-41-3
• Minority leader: See Floor Leaders
• NTIA: refers to the National Telecommunications Information Administration, United States Department of Commerce. See Indiana Code 4-4-38.6-5
• Oath: includes "affirmation" and "to swear" includes to "affirm". See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
• office: refers to the Indiana broadband office in its capacity as an eligible entity (as defined in Indiana Code 4-4-38.6-6
• office: refers to the office of community and rural affairs established by Indiana Code 4-4-41-4
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• 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 a human being, an incorporated or unincorporated organization, or association, a trustee or legal representative, the state of Indiana, a political subdivision, a state or local agency, or a group of such persons acting in concert. See Indiana Code 4-6-3-1
• Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
• Political subdivision: means a county, township, city, town, municipal corporation as defined in IC 36-1-2-10, or a special taxing district. See Indiana Code 4-6-3-1
• Population: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• President pro tempore: A constitutionally recognized officer of the Senate who presides over the chamber in the absence of the Vice President. The President Pro Tempore (or, "president for a time") is elected by the Senate and is, by custom, the Senator of the majority party with the longest record of continuous service.
• Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
• Probate: Proving a will
• program: refers to the federal Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program established under Indiana Code 4-4-38.6-7
• program: refers to the Indiana broadband connectivity program established by section 7 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 4-4-41-5
• Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• registered provider: means a company, firm, corporation, partnership, or association that provides broadband Internet service in Indiana and that has registered with the program under section 8 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 4-4-41-6
• 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.
• State agency: means an administration, agency, authority, board, bureau, commission, committee, council, department, division, institution, office, officer, service, or other similar body of state government created or established pursuant to law. See Indiana Code 4-6-3-1
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• Subpoena duces tecum: A command to a witness to produce documents.
• Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
• Testify: Answer questions in court.
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
• Uniform Commercial Code: A set of statutes enacted by the various states to provide consistency among the states' commercial laws. It includes negotiable instruments, sales, stock transfers, trust and warehouse receipts, and bills of lading. ^{Source: OCC}
• 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
• Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5