Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 21 > Article 39.5 - State Educational Institutions: the Protection of Free Inquiry, Free Expression, and Intellectual Diversity

• administrative law judge: means an individual who presides over an administrative proceeding that results in a finding of fact determining the legal rights, duties, or privileges of a party after an opportunity for an evidentiary hearing. See Indiana Code 4-15-10.5-3
• agency: means an authority, board, branch, bureau, commission, committee, council, department, division, office, service, or other instrumentality of the executive, including the administrative, department of state government. See Indiana Code 4-15-10.5-4
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• 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.
• director: means the director of the office of administrative law proceedings. See Indiana Code 4-15-10.5-5
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Germane: On the subject of the pending bill or other business; a strict standard of relevance.
• office: means the office of administrative law proceedings established by section 7 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 4-15-10.5-6
• petitioner: means any of the following:

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• Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5