Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 3 > Article 10 > Chapter 4 - Presidential Elections

• 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.
• airport project: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 8-22-3.7-1
• Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
• 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
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• 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}
• Bequest: Property gifted by will.
• bonds: means bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness issued by the development authority. See Indiana Code 8-22-3.7-2
• Clerk: means the clerk of the court or a person authorized to perform the clerk's duties. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• construction manager general contractor: means a person that is awarded a two-phase contract for a project and is responsible for providing:

  Indiana Code 8-23-9.5-2

• construction services: means the physical construction work undertaken by a CMGC or PDB to construct any portion of a project which may be awarded as a single contract for a project or multiple contracts for portions of a project. See Indiana Code 8-23-9.5-3
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• 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.
• design services: means services performed by a professional services consultant that is qualified by the department to provide services. See Indiana Code 8-23-9.5-4
• development authority: refers to an airport development authority created by this chapter. See Indiana Code 8-22-3.7-3
• development board: refers to the board of directors of a development authority. See Indiana Code 8-22-3.7-4
• Devise: To gift property by will.
• Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
• eligible entity: means the following:

  Indiana Code 8-22-3.7-4.5

• 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}
• Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
• evaluation committee: refers to a group of individuals who are:

  Indiana Code 8-23-9.5-5

• 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.
• 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 year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• GMP: refers to the guaranteed maximum price for work established by a contract. See Indiana Code 8-23-9.5-6
• Highway: includes county bridges and state and county roads, unless otherwise expressly provided. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• in writing: include printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• 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.
• 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}
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• 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.
• person: means an individual, a firm, a partnership, a limited liability company, a joint venture, an association, a corporation, or another legal entity. See Indiana Code 8-23-9.5-7
• Personal property: includes goods, chattels, evidences of debt, and things in action. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Population: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• preconstruction services: means consulting to provide information regarding the impact of design on the construction services of a project, including:

  Indiana Code 8-23-9.5-8

• professional services consultant: means a person that performs:

  Indiana Code 8-23-9.5-9

• progressive design-builder: refers to a person that has been awarded a contract by the department in which design services, preconstruction services, and construction services of a project are procured from a person that is selected through a qualifications based selection process at the earliest feasible stage of the project. See Indiana Code 8-23-9.5-10
• project: means services provided using a two-phase contract with a CMGC or a PDB for preconstruction services and construction services to design, construct, alter, or repair:

  Indiana Code 8-23-9.5-11

• Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• proposal: means an offer by a CMGC or PDB to enter into a contract with the department in response to a request for proposals by the department under section 16 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 8-23-9.5-12
• Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• real property: include lands, tenements, and hereditaments. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• request for proposals: refers to the process by which the department solicits persons to provide services as a CMGC or PDB under this chapter. See Indiana Code 8-23-9.5-14
• selection panel: means a panel of individuals who are:

  Indiana Code 8-23-9.5-13

• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• sufficiency rating: means any rating that assigns numerical values to each road section reflecting its relative adequacy based on an engineering appraisal of structural condition, safety, and traffic service and upon an economic appraisal of its actual or potential value to the total area served by the road including the effect of loss of traffic to and through the area resulting from deterioration or obsolescence of the road. See Indiana Code 8-23-12-1
• Testify: Answer questions in court.
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
• 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
• Verified: when applied to pleadings, means supported by oath or affirmation in writing. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5