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Terms Used In Indiana Code 27-2-7-2

  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • 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.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • 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
   Sec. 2. No officer, director or trustee of any insurer shall be subject to any personal liability by reason of any payment, or determination not to contest payment, deemed by the board of directors or trustees to be in the corporate interests of such insurer, of any license, excise, privilege, premium, occupation or other fee or tax to any state, territory or political subdivision thereof (including the District of Columbia), unless prior to such payment the statute, ordinance or other law imposing such fee or tax shall have been expressly held invalid by the state court having final appellate jurisdiction in the premises, or by the Supreme Court of the United States.

Formerly: Acts 1945, c.123, s.2.