Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 32 > Article 27 > Chapter 2 - New Home Construction Warranties

• 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
• builder: means a person who constructs new homes for sale, including the construction of new homes on land owned by home buyers. See Indiana Code 32-27-2-6
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}
• home buyer: means a purchaser of a new home or a model home. See Indiana Code 32-27-2-5
• in writing: include printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• initial home buyer: means a person who:

  Indiana Code 32-27-2-2

• model home: means a new dwelling that is used for the first time after construction as:

  Indiana Code 32-27-2-3.5

• new home: means a new dwelling occupied for the first time as a residence after construction. See Indiana Code 32-27-2-4
• warranty date: means the following:

  Indiana Code 32-27-2-7

• Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5