Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 33 > Article 41 - Court Reporters

• Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
• census: means the last preceding United States federal decennial census. See Indiana Code 33-41-2-1
• county salary: means that part of a court reporter's salary that is paid by the county. See Indiana Code 33-41-2-2
• Court reporter: A person who makes a word-for-word record of what is said in court and produces a transcript of the proceedings upon request.
• Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.
• employee: includes the following:

  Indiana Code 33-41-3-2

• 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.
• judicial circuit: means any county comprising a single judicial circuit or any combination of one (1) or more counties comprising a single judicial circuit. See Indiana Code 33-41-2-3
• Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
• non-revenue water: means the difference between the amount of water that enters a water distribution system and the amount of water provided to users of the water distribution system. See Indiana Code 5-1.2-14.5-1
• Population: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Probate: Proving a will
• salary: means the amount of the state salary and the amount of the county salary added together. See Indiana Code 33-41-2-5
• 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.