Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 20 > Article 23 > Chapter 4 - Community School Corporations

• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• 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
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
• Clerk: means the clerk of the court or a person authorized to perform the clerk's duties. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• committee: means the county committee for the reorganization of school corporations provided for in sections 11 through 17 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 20-23-4-4
• community school corporation: means a school corporation:

  Indiana Code 20-23-4-3

• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Devise: To gift property by will.
• in writing: include printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Joint session: When both chambers of a legislature adopt a concurrent resolution to meet together.
• 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.
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• party: includes :

  Indiana Code 20-23-4-6

• Population: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• reorganization of school corporations: means the formation of new school corporations, the alteration of the boundaries of established school corporations, and the dissolution of established school corporations by:

  Indiana Code 20-23-4-7

• school aid bonds: means bonds of a civil unit of government, the proceeds of which are used for school purposes in any school corporation. See Indiana Code 20-23-4-8
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Testify: Answer questions in court.
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
• united school corporation: means a school corporation that has territory in two (2) or more adjacent counties. See Indiana Code 20-23-4-9
• 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
• Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5