Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 15 > Article 15 > Chapter 7 - Inspections Under Seed Contracts

• 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
• 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.
• farmer: refers to a person who is engaged in commercial farming and who plants seed in Indiana under a seed contract to grow a commercial crop. See Indiana Code 15-15-7-3
• 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.
• Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• real property: include lands, tenements, and hereditaments. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• seed: refers to agricultural seed (as defined in IC 15-15-1-2) or vegetable seed (as defined in IC 15-15-1-24) used to grow a commercial agricultural or a commercial vegetable crop. See Indiana Code 15-15-7-5
• seed contract: refers to a written contract between a seed supplier and a farmer that a farmer must sign to obtain the seed or the right to plant the seed. See Indiana Code 15-15-7-6
• seed supplier: refers to a person engaged in commercial production or supply of either of the following:

  Indiana Code 15-15-7-7