Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 14 > Article 26 > Chapter 2 - Lake Preservation

• acquiescence: means consent without conditions, tacit or passive compliance, or acceptance. See Indiana Code 14-26-2-1.2
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• 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.
• in writing: include printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• lake: means a reasonably permanent body of water that:

  Indiana Code 14-26-2-1.5

• natural resources: means the water, fish, plant life, and minerals in a public freshwater lake. See Indiana Code 14-26-2-2
• Population: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
• Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• public freshwater lake: means a lake that has been used by the public with the acquiescence of a riparian owner. See Indiana Code 14-26-2-3
• shoreline or water line: means :

  Indiana Code 14-26-2-4

• 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