Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 22 > Article 10 - Mines and Mining Safety

• Active workings: means all places in a mine that are ventilated and inspected regularly. See Indiana Code 22-10-3-1
• Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
• Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
• Baseline: Projection of the receipts, outlays, and other budget amounts that would ensue in the future without any change in existing policy. Baseline projections are used to gauge the extent to which proposed legislation, if enacted into law, would alter current spending and revenue levels.
• Belt examiner: means an individual designated by the mine foreman to perform the functions as required by Indiana Code 22-10-3-1
• Board: refers to the mining board established under Indiana Code 22-10-3-1
• chemical test: has the meaning set forth in IC 9-13-2-22. See Indiana Code 22-10-15-1
• Commercial mine: means any underground mine from which coal is produced for sale, exchange, or commercial use. See Indiana Code 22-10-3-1
• Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Director: means the director of the bureau of mines and mine safety established under IC 22-1-1-4. See Indiana Code 22-10-3-1
• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. ^Source:
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• Hoisting engineer: means an individual who is capable of transporting people and material in and out of a mine by means of a hoist. See Indiana Code 22-10-3-1
• illegal use of drugs: has the meaning set forth in IC 22-9-5-12. See Indiana Code 22-10-15-2
• Interested persons: means the director, safety personnel designated by the operator, state and federal coal mine inspectors, and, to the extent required by law, any other person. See Indiana Code 22-10-3-1
• Judgment: means all final orders, decrees, and determinations in an action and all orders upon which executions may issue. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• Mine: means an underground commercial coal mine. See Indiana Code 22-10-3-1
• Mine electrician: means a properly certified individual who can perform electrical work in:

  Indiana Code 22-10-3-1

• Mine examiner: means a properly certified person designated by the mine foreman to examine the mine for gas and other dangers. See Indiana Code 22-10-3-1
• Mine foreman: means the person charged with the responsibility of the general supervision of the underground working of a mine and the persons employed in the mine and for the health and safety of those employees. See Indiana Code 22-10-3-1
• Mine inspector: means the person appointed to assist in administering this article. See Indiana Code 22-10-3-1
• Mine Safety Administration: refers to the Mine Safety and Health Administration, United States Department of Labor. See Indiana Code 22-10-3-1
• Mining laws: means :

  Indiana Code 22-10-3-1

• Operator: means an individual, firm, association, partnership, limited liability company, or corporation operating an underground coal mine or any part of a mine. See Indiana Code 22-10-3-1
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
• Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
• Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
• Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Recourse: An arrangement in which a bank retains, in form or in substance, any credit risk directly or indirectly associated with an asset it has sold (in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles) that exceeds a pro rata share of the bank's claim on the asset. If a bank has no claim on an asset it has sold, then the retention of any credit risk is recourse. ^{Source: FDIC}
• 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.
• Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
• SAMHSA: means the United States Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. See Indiana Code 22-10-15-3
• Sheriff: means the sheriff of the county or another person authorized to perform sheriff's duties. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Shot-firer: means a properly certified person designated by the mine foreman to perform the functions as required in this article in connection with breaking down coal or rock. See Indiana Code 22-10-3-1
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.