§ 34-6-2-2 “Actual damages”
§ 34-6-2-2.5 “Adult person”
§ 34-6-2-3 “Advance payment”
§ 34-6-2-3.1 “Advanced emergency medical technician”
§ 34-6-2-3.3 “Advertiser or sponsor”
§ 34-6-2-5 “Agency”
§ 34-6-2-6 “Aggrieved person”
§ 34-6-2-8 “Agricultural product”
§ 34-6-2-8.2 “Agritourism activity”
§ 34-6-2-8.3 “Agritourism provider”
§ 34-6-2-9 “Ambulance service”
§ 34-6-2-10 “Annual aggregate”
§ 34-6-2-10.4 “Arising from COVID-19”
§ 34-6-2-10.5 “Arising (or arises) from a (or the) state disaster emergency”
§ 34-6-2-11 “Armory”
§ 34-6-2-11.5 “Asbestos claim”
§ 34-6-2-12 “Assisting sheriff”
§ 34-6-2-13 “Auctioneer”
§ 34-6-2-14 “Authority”
§ 34-6-2-15 “Authorized persons”
§ 34-6-2-15.7 “Basic life support”
§ 34-6-2-16 “Beverages”
§ 34-6-2-17 “Business”
§ 34-6-2-18 “Center”
§ 34-6-2-19 “Certified copy of a certificate of title”
§ 34-6-2-20 “Charitable entity”
§ 34-6-2-21 “Child”
§ 34-6-2-22 “Cognovit note”
§ 34-6-2-23 “College, university, or junior college”
§ 34-6-2-24 “Commissioner”
§ 34-6-2-25 “Community health center”
§ 34-6-2-26 “Community mental health center”
§ 34-6-2-27 “Community intellectual disability center”
§ 34-6-2-28 “Compensation”
§ 34-6-2-29 “Consumer”
§ 34-6-2-29.5 “Corporation”
§ 34-6-2-30 “Cost of the periodic payments agreement”
§ 34-6-2-30.5 “Costs”
§ 34-6-2-31 “Court”
§ 34-6-2-31.4 “COVID-19”
§ 34-6-2-31.5 “COVID-19 protective product”
§ 34-6-2-32 “Criminal organization”
§ 34-6-2-32.5 “Cyber liability”
§ 34-6-2-33 “Daily newspaper”
§ 34-6-2-33.5 “Debt”
§ 34-6-2-34 “Department”
§ 34-6-2-34.1 “Disclosure”
§ 34-6-2-34.2 “Distribute”
§ 34-6-2-34.3 “Domestic animal”
§ 34-6-2-34.5 “Domestic or family violence”
§ 34-6-2-35 “Economically feasible”
§ 34-6-2-36 “Emergency”
§ 34-6-2-37 “Emergency medical technician”
§ 34-6-2-38 “Employee” and “public employee”
§ 34-6-2-39 “Enterprise”
§ 34-6-2-40 “Equine”
§ 34-6-2-41 “Equine activity”
§ 34-6-2-42 “Equine activity sponsor”
§ 34-6-2-43 “Equine professional”
§ 34-6-2-44 “Evaluation of patient care”
§ 34-6-2-44.1 “Event”
§ 34-6-2-44.2 “Exempt”
§ 34-6-2-44.4 “Exemption”
§ 34-6-2-44.5 “Extreme sport area”
§ 34-6-2-44.6 “Extreme sport equipment”
§ 34-6-2-44.7 “Family law arbitrator”
§ 34-6-2-44.8 “Family or household member”
§ 34-6-2-45 “Fault”
§ 34-6-2-46 “Fees or other expenses”
§ 34-6-2-46.4 “Financial interest”
§ 34-6-2-46.5 “Fire control or protection equipment”
§ 34-6-2-46.7 “Firearm”
§ 34-6-2-47 “Food item”
§ 34-6-2-48 “Food source”
§ 34-6-2-48.3 “Foreign judgment”
§ 34-6-2-48.5 “Foreign protection order”
§ 34-6-2-49 “Governmental entity”
§ 34-6-2-50 “Grant recipient”
§ 34-6-2-51 “Gratuitously renders emergency care”
§ 34-6-2-51.5 “Harassment”
§ 34-6-2-52 “Hazardous substance”
§ 34-6-2-53 “Health care”
§ 34-6-2-54 “Health care provider”
§ 34-6-2-55 “Health care services”
§ 34-6-2-56 “Health facility”
§ 34-6-2-57 “Hitchhiker”
§ 34-6-2-58 “Homeowners association”
§ 34-6-2-59 “Hospital”
§ 34-6-2-60 “Hospital medical record”
§ 34-6-2-60.4 “Ice skater”
§ 34-6-2-60.6 “Ice skating rink”
§ 34-6-2-61 “Illegal drug”
§ 34-6-2-62 “Illegal drug market”
§ 34-6-2-63 “Illegal drug market target community”
§ 34-6-2-64 “In good faith”
§ 34-6-2-65 “Incapacitated”
§ 34-6-2-66.7 “Indian tribe”
§ 34-6-2-67 “Individual drug user”
§ 34-6-2-68.8 “Inherent risks of agritourism activities”
§ 34-6-2-69 “Inherent risks of equine activities”
§ 34-6-2-69.5 “Innocent successor corporation”
§ 34-6-2-70 “Insured”
§ 34-6-2-71 “Insurer”
§ 34-6-2-71.3 “Interested party”
§ 34-6-2-71.5 “Intimate image”
§ 34-6-2-71.7 “Issuing state or Indian tribe”
§ 34-6-2-71.9 “Judicial lien”
§ 34-6-2-72 “Law”
§ 34-6-2-72.2 “Land”
§ 34-6-2-73 “Law enforcement costs”
§ 34-6-2-73.3 “Law enforcement officer”
§ 34-6-2-73.5 “Levy”
§ 34-6-2-73.7 “Lien”
§ 34-6-2-73.8 “Lifetime sex or violent offender”
§ 34-6-2-74.1 “Livestock”
§ 34-6-2-74.5 “Local law enforcement authority”
§ 34-6-2-75 “Loss”
§ 34-6-2-76 “Malpractice”
§ 34-6-2-77 “Manufacturer”
§ 34-6-2-77.1 “Manufacturer or supplier”
§ 34-6-2-78 “Mediation”
§ 34-6-2-79 “Mediator”
§ 34-6-2-80 “Mental health service provider”
§ 34-6-2-82 “Migrant health center”
§ 34-6-2-82.6 “Military base”
§ 34-6-2-83 “Minor”
§ 34-6-2-83.8 “Monetary consideration”
§ 34-6-2-84 “Motor vehicle”
§ 34-6-2-85 “Moving traffic violation”
§ 34-6-2-86 “Municipal corporation”
§ 34-6-2-87 “News service”
§ 34-6-2-87.7 “Noneconomic damages”
§ 34-6-2-88 “Nonparty”
§ 34-6-2-88.3 “Nonprofit religious organization”
§ 34-6-2-89 “Offender”
§ 34-6-2-90 “Offeror”
§ 34-6-2-91 “Operator”
§ 34-6-2-92 “Paramedic”
§ 34-6-2-93 “Parents”
§ 34-6-2-94 “Partially emancipated minor”
§ 34-6-2-95 “Participant”
§ 34-6-2-96 “Participate”
§ 34-6-2-97 “Participate in the illegal drug market”
§ 34-6-2-98 “Patient”
§ 34-6-2-99 “Peer review committee”
§ 34-6-2-100 “Performance”
§ 34-6-2-101 “Period of illegal drug use”
§ 34-6-2-102 “Periodic payments agreement”
§ 34-6-2-103 “Person”
§ 34-6-2-104 “Personnel of a peer review committee”
§ 34-6-2-105 “Physical harm”
§ 34-6-2-106 “Physician”
§ 34-6-2-108 “Place of illegal drug activity”
§ 34-6-2-109 “Place of participation”
§ 34-6-2-110 “Political subdivision”
§ 34-6-2-111 “Position of the agency”
§ 34-6-2-111.5 “Possessor of land”
§ 34-6-2-112 “Practitioner”
§ 34-6-2-113 “Prejudgment interest”
§ 34-6-2-113.3 “Premises”
§ 34-6-2-113.5 “Prior civil law and procedure”
§ 34-6-2-114 “Product”
§ 34-6-2-115 “Product liability action”
§ 34-6-2-116 “Professional health care organization”
§ 34-6-2-117 “Professional health care provider”
§ 34-6-2-118 “Professional staff”
§ 34-6-2-119 “Program”
§ 34-6-2-120 “Property”
§ 34-6-2-121.4 “Protected person”
§ 34-6-2-121.6 “Protection order” or “order for protection”
§ 34-6-2-121.7 “Protection order records”
§ 34-6-2-122 “Psychiatric hospital”
§ 34-6-2-123 “Public employee”
§ 34-6-2-124 “Public lawsuit”
§ 34-6-2-127 “Qualified director”
§ 34-6-2-128 “Qualified settlement offer”
§ 34-6-2-129 “Recipient”
§ 34-6-2-129.4 “Recreation”
§ 34-6-2-129.5 “Recreational facility”
§ 34-6-2-129.6 “Recreational user”
§ 34-6-2-130 “Representative”
§ 34-6-2-130.7 “Respondent”
§ 34-6-2-131 “Retirement plan”
§ 34-6-2-132 “Risk”
§ 34-6-2-133 “Risk manager”
§ 34-6-2-134 “Roller skater”
§ 34-6-2-135 “Roller skating rink”
§ 34-6-2-135.5 “Security interest”
§ 34-6-2-136 “Seller”
§ 34-6-2-137 “Session of the general assembly”
§ 34-6-2-138 “Sheriff”
§ 34-6-2-139 “Sports or leisure activity”
§ 34-6-2-140 “State”
§ 34-6-2-141 “State agency”
§ 34-6-2-142 “Stepchild”
§ 34-6-2-142.3 “Structured settlement”
§ 34-6-2-142.5 “Successor asbestos related liability”
§ 34-6-2-142.6 “Telecommunications”
§ 34-6-2-143 “Tort”
§ 34-6-2-143.5 “Transfer”
§ 34-6-2-143.7 “Transferee”
§ 34-6-2-143.8 “Transferor corporation”
§ 34-6-2-143.9 “Trespasser”
§ 34-6-2-144 “Trial”
§ 34-6-2-144.2 “Tribunal”
§ 34-6-2-144.8 “Uninsured motorist with a previous violation”
§ 34-6-2-145 “Unit”
§ 34-6-2-146 “Unreasonably dangerous”
§ 34-6-2-147 “User”
§ 34-6-2-148 “Vehicle”
§ 34-6-2-148.2 “Victim”
§ 34-6-2-148.3 “Victim advocate”
§ 34-6-2-148.5 “Victim notification capabilities”
§ 34-6-2-148.7 “Victim service provider”
§ 34-6-2-150 “Volunteer”
§ 34-6-2-151 “Weekly newspaper”
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Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 34 > Article 6 > Chapter 2 - Definitions

  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • 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
  • Charity: An agency, institution, or organization in existence and operating for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons and conducted for educational, religious, scientific, medical, or other beneficent purposes.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • 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.
  • Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
  • Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • 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.
  • in writing: include printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters. 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • minor: means a person less than eighteen (18) years of age. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. Source: OCC
  • Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • 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.
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
  • 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
  • Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.