Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 12 > Article 20 > Chapter 24 - Township Borrowing for Township Assistance

• 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
• 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.
• Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
• Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5