Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 23 > Article 17 > Chapter 32 - Nonprofit Organizations: Privacy Protections for Members, Volunteers, and Donors

• 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
• 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.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• Donor: The person who makes a gift.
• 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.
• 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
• 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.
• nonprofit hospital: means a hospital licensed under IC 16-21:

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• nonprofit organization: means one (1) of the following:

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• person: has the meaning set forth in IC 23-17-2-20. See Indiana Code 23-17-32-4
• personal information: means any compilation of data (including any list, record, registry, roll, or roster) that directly or indirectly identifies a person as a:

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• public agency: means a:

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• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.