Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 14 > Article 33 > Chapter 16.5 - Dissolution of Smaller District and Assumption of Operations, Obligations, and Assets by Larger District

• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Clerk: means the clerk of the court or a person authorized to perform the clerk's duties. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• freeholder: means an owner of real property, as reflected in the real property tax records of the county auditor;

  Indiana Code 14-33-16.5-2

• in writing: include printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• 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.
• larger district: means , of the two (2) districts referred to in section 1 of this chapter, the one (1) that has the larger number of freeholders; and

  Indiana Code 14-33-16.5-2

• Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• smaller district: means , of the two (2) districts referred to in section 1 of this chapter, the one (1) that has the smaller number of freeholders. See Indiana Code 14-33-16.5-2