Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 36 > Article 8 > Chapter 12 - Volunteer Fire Departments

• 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.
• 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
• Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. ^{Source: OCC}
• 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.
• Emergency medical services personnel: means individuals certified by the emergency medical services commission established by IC 16-31-2-1 who:

  Indiana Code 36-8-12-2

• Employee: means a person in the service of another person under a written or implied contract of hire or apprenticeship. See Indiana Code 36-8-12-2
• Employer: means :

  Indiana Code 36-8-12-2

• Essential employee: means an employee:

  Indiana Code 36-8-12-2

• 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.
• in writing: include printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. ^{Source: FDIC}
• 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.
• medical record: means written or printed information possessed by a provider (as defined in IC 16-18-2-295) concerning any diagnosis, treatment, or prognosis of the patient, unless otherwise defined. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Nominal compensation: means annual compensation of not more than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000). See Indiana Code 36-8-12-2
• 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.
• Population: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Public servant: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 36-8-12-2
• Responsible party: has the meaning set forth in IC 13-11-2-191(d). See Indiana Code 36-8-12-2
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
• Volunteer fire department: means a department or association organized for the purpose of answering fire alarms, extinguishing fires, and providing other emergency services, the majority of members of which receive no compensation or nominal compensation for their services. See Indiana Code 36-8-12-2
• Volunteer firefighter: means a firefighter:

  Indiana Code 36-8-12-2

• Volunteer member: means a member of a volunteer emergency medical services association connected with a unit as set forth in IC 16-31-5-1(6). See Indiana Code 36-8-12-2
• Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5