Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 5 > Article 11 > Chapter 6 - Additional Powers of State Examiner and Attorney General

• 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
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• entity: means any provider of goods, services, or other benefits that is:

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• 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.
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
• 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.
• municipality: as used in this chapter , shall be construed to extend to and include any county, township, city, town, school town, school city, or board of park commissioners in this state. See Indiana Code 5-11-6-5
• Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
• public office: means the office of any and every individual who for or on behalf of the state or any municipality or any public hospital holds, receives, disburses, or keeps the accounts of the receipts and disbursements of any public funds. See Indiana Code 5-11-1-16
• Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
• state: means any board, commission, department, division, bureau, committee, agency, governmental subdivision, military body, authority, or other instrumentality of the state, but does not include a municipality. See Indiana Code 5-11-1-16
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
• Verified: when applied to pleadings, means supported by oath or affirmation in writing. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5