Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 32 > Article 24 - Eminent Domain

• 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.
• Allegation: something that someone says happened.
• Appraisal: A determination of property value.
• 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
• Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
• authority: refers to the Indiana finance authority. See Indiana Code 5-1-17.5-4
• board: refers to the board of directors of the commission. See Indiana Code 5-1-17.5-5
• bonds: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 5-1-17.5-6
• Clerk: means the clerk of the court or a person authorized to perform the clerk's duties. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• commission: refers to the Indiana motorsports commission created by this chapter. See Indiana Code 5-1-17.5-9
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• condemnor: means a person authorized to exercise the power of eminent domain. See Indiana Code 32-24-4.5-2
• 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.
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• department: refers to the department of state revenue. See Indiana Code 5-1-17.5-10
• Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
• Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
• Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
• fiscal officer: means :

  Indiana Code 32-24-2-1

• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• Highway: includes county bridges and state and county roads, unless otherwise expressly provided. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. ^{Source: OCC}
• 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}
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
• Mentally incompetent: means of unsound mind. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• motorsports investment district: means the geographic area established as a motorsports investment district under this chapter. See Indiana Code 5-1-17.5-11
• municipality: means a city or town. See Indiana Code 32-24-2-2
• 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.
• parcel of real property: means real property that:

  Indiana Code 32-24-4.5-3

• 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.
• person: has the meaning set forth in IC 36-1-2-12. See Indiana Code 5-1-17.5-12
• Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
• 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.
• political subdivision: has the meaning set forth in IC 36-1-2-13. See Indiana Code 5-1-17.5-13
• Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
• President pro tempore: A constitutionally recognized officer of the Senate who presides over the chamber in the absence of the Vice President. The President Pro Tempore (or, "president for a time") is elected by the Senate and is, by custom, the Senator of the majority party with the longest record of continuous service.
• private person: means a person other than a public agency. See Indiana Code 32-24-4.5-4
• Probate: Proving a will
• property: refers to real property or personal property. See Indiana Code 32-24-2-3
• public agency: means :

  Indiana Code 32-24-4.5-5

• qualified motorsports facility: means a facility that:

  Indiana Code 5-1-17.5-14

• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• 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
• relocation costs: means relocation expenses payable in accordance with the federal Uniform Relocation Assistance Act (Indiana Code 32-24-4.5-6
• residential property: means real property that consists of:

  Indiana Code 32-24-4.5-6.2

• Sheriff: means the sheriff of the county or another person authorized to perform sheriff's duties. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
• 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.
• 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
• Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
• Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.
• Verified: when applied to pleadings, means supported by oath or affirmation in writing. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• works board: means :

  Indiana Code 32-24-2-4