Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 3 > Article 11.5 > Chapter 6 - Counting of Absentee Ballots Cast on Ballot Cards

• absentee ballot counter: refers to a person designated under Indiana Code 3-11.5-2-1
• account: means the first responder crisis intervention account established under section 11. See Indiana Code 12-21-8-1.5
• 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
• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• 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
• center: means a state identified center participating in the 9-8-8 suicide and crisis lifeline network to respond to statewide or regional 9-8-8 calls. See Indiana Code 12-21-8-1
• 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 Indiana behavioral health commission established by section 2 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 12-21-7.1-1
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• council: refers to the division of mental health and addiction planning and advisory council established by this chapter. See Indiana Code 12-21-4-1
• crisis receiving and stabilization services: means behavioral health services that provide short term, less than twenty-four (24) hour care with the capacity for diagnosis, initial management, observation, crisis stabilization, and follow-up referral services to a person in a homelike environment. See Indiana Code 12-21-8-2
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• 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.
• 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 addiction services fund established by section 2 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 12-23-2-1
• fund: refers to the therapeutic psilocybin research fund established by section 4 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 12-21-9-1
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• 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.
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• 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.
• minor: means a person less than eighteen (18) years of age. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Minority leader: See Floor Leaders
• mobile crisis team: means behavioral health professionals and peers that provide professional onsite community based intervention, including de-escalation, stabilization, and treatment for individuals who are experiencing a behavioral health crisis. See Indiana Code 12-21-8-3
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• peer: means an individual employed on the basis of the individual's personally lived experience with mental illness or addiction and recovery and meets the requirements of peer certification established by the division. See Indiana Code 12-21-8-5
• Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
• 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.
• Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
• psilocybin: means a naturally occurring psychedelic prodrug compound that is produced by fungi, including members of the genus psilocybe. See Indiana Code 12-21-9-2
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• research institution: refers to an organization that meets all of the following:

  Indiana Code 12-21-9-3

• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
• 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
• veteran crisis line: means the veteran crisis line maintained by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. See Indiana Code 12-21-8-5.5
• Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5