Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 3 > Article 13 - Vacancies

• Adjournment sine die: The end of a legislative session "without day." These adjournments are used to indicate the final adjournment of an annual or the two-year session of legislature.
• 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.
• agency: means :

  Indiana Code 14-23-8-2

• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
• 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.
• 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
• archeological plan: means a plan for the systematic recovery, analysis, and disposition by scientific methods of material evidence and information about the life and culture in past ages. See Indiana Code 14-21-1-8
• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• artifact: means :

  Indiana Code 14-21-1-2

• 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
• authority: refers to the Indiana state park inns authority established by section 4 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 14-19-11-1
• Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
• Bequest: Property gifted by will.
• body: refers to either of the following:

  Indiana Code 2-2.1-4-2

• bow: means any device that is intended to shoot an arrow. See Indiana Code 14-22-40-1
• buildings and grounds: means the property that:

  Indiana Code 14-20-7-1

• burial ground: means ground in which human remains are buried, including the surrounding area that is either:

  Indiana Code 14-21-1-3

• burial object: means any item intentionally placed in a burial ground at or near the time of burial. See Indiana Code 14-21-1-4
• Case law: The law as laid down in cases that have been decided in the decisions of the courts.
• Caucus: From the Algonquian Indian language, a caucus meant "to meet together." An informal organization of members of the legislature that exists to discuss issues of mutual concern and possibly to perform legislative research and policy planning for its members. There are regional, political or ideological, ethnic, and economic-based caucuses.
• chamber: refers to either of the following:

  Indiana Code 2-2.1-4-3

• 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 Wendell L. See Indiana Code 14-20-11-1
• commission: refers to the Lewis and Clark expedition commission established by section 3 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 14-20-15-2
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• construction: means the process of building a building, highway, utility, or another structure. See Indiana Code 14-25-4-1
• Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
• 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.
• corps: refers to the youth conservation corps established by this chapter. See Indiana Code 14-23-8-3
• council: refers to the advisory council established by IC 14-9-6-1. See Indiana Code 14-21-1-5
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• decoy: means a three-dimensional object that:

  Indiana Code 14-22-40-2

• 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.
• development plan: means :

  Indiana Code 14-21-1-8

• Devise: To gift property by will.
• dewatering well: means a temporary water well that:

  Indiana Code 14-25-4-2

• direct contact: means physical contact between the public and a specified animal. See Indiana Code 14-22-26.5-2
• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• division: refers to the division of state parks established by IC 14-9-4-1. See Indiana Code 14-19-11-2
• dock or harbor line: refers to the dock or harbor line established by the United States. See Indiana Code 14-18-6-1
• endangered species: means any species or subspecies of wildlife whose prospects of survival or recruitment within Indiana are in jeopardy or are likely within the foreseeable future to become so due to any of the following factors:

  Indiana Code 14-22-34-1

• 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.
• executive director: refers to the executive director of the Indiana state park inns authority appointed under section 7 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 14-19-11-3
• family member: means a relative or descendant of a person buried in a cemetery. See Indiana Code 14-21-5-1
• Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
• final day of session: means :

  Indiana Code 2-2.1-4-4

• financial responsibility bond: means a surety bond, a certificate of deposit, a cashier's check, or a letter of credit. See Indiana Code 14-25-5-2
• firearm: means any weapon that is designed to expel a projectile by means of an explosion. See Indiana Code 14-22-40-3
• 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.
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• freshwater lake: means a body of standing surface water that:

  Indiana Code 14-25-5-3

• fund: refers to the state parks and reservoirs special revenue fund established by section 2 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 14-19-8-1
• fund: refers to the public employees' retirement fund. See Indiana Code 14-19-11-3.1
• fund: refers to the Wendell L. See Indiana Code 14-20-11-2
• fund: refers to the fish and wildlife fund established by this chapter. See Indiana Code 14-22-3-1
• fund: refers to the lifetime hunting, fishing, and trapping license trust fund established by this chapter. See Indiana Code 14-22-4-1
• fund: refers to the deer research and management fund established by this chapter. See Indiana Code 14-22-5-1
• fund: refers to the game bird habitat restoration fund established by this chapter. See Indiana Code 14-22-8-1
• fund: refers to the nongame fund established by this chapter. See Indiana Code 14-22-34-2
• fund: refers to the state forestry fund established by this chapter. See Indiana Code 14-23-3-1
• game animal: means an animal that may be legally taken under this article. See Indiana Code 14-22-37-1
• game animal: means an animal that may be legally taken under this article. See Indiana Code 14-22-40-4
• game bird: means pheasant, quail, grouse, mourning dove, and wild turkey. See Indiana Code 14-22-8-2
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• Grace period: The number of days you'll have to pay your bill for purchases in full without triggering a finance charge. ^{Source: Federal Reserve}
• grave memorial: refers to a gravestone, monument, grave marker, or any other type of similar item. See Indiana Code 14-21-2-2
• 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.
• hardiness zone: means a designated geographic area found on the Plant Hardiness Zone Map prepared and amended by the Agricultural Research Service of the United States Department of Agriculture. See Indiana Code 14-24-6-2
• Highway: includes county bridges and state and county roads, unless otherwise expressly provided. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• human remains: means any part of the body of a human being in any:

  Indiana Code 14-21-1-7

• hunting guide: refers to an individual who holds a license under this chapter to provide hunting guide services. See Indiana Code 14-22-15.5-1
• hunting guide license: means a license issued under this chapter. See Indiana Code 14-22-15.5-1
• hunting guide services: means hunting guide or outfitter services that are offered or provided for money or other consideration. See Indiana Code 14-22-15.5-1
• in writing: include printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• interested person: means :

  Indiana Code 14-18-6-2

• invitee: means an individual who has been given permission by a landowner to visit a cemetery located on the landowner's property. See Indiana Code 14-21-5-2
• Joint session: When both chambers of a legislature adopt a concurrent resolution to meet together.
• 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.
• lake owner: means a person in possession of property that includes:

  Indiana Code 14-25-5-4

• law enforcement officer: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 14-22-40-5
• 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}
• Legacy: A gift of property made by will.
• 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.
• Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
• local unit of government: means a county, city, town, or township. See Indiana Code 14-22-31.5-1
• management: means the collection and application of biological information for the purposes of increasing the number of individuals within species and populations of wildlife up to the optimum carrying capacity of their habitat and maintaining those levels. See Indiana Code 14-22-34-3
• member: refers to either of the following:

  Indiana Code 2-2.1-4-5

• member: means a person who qualifies for membership under Indiana Code 14-19-11-3.5
• merchantable timber: means timber, trees, and parts of trees that can be used for sawtimber, veneer, poles, posts, pulp, and any other product using wood or parts of trees. See Indiana Code 14-23-4-2
• migratory waterfowl: means a wild goose, brant, or wild duck. See Indiana Code 14-22-7-1
• Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
• nongame species: means any wild mammal, bird, amphibian, reptile, fish, mollusk, crustacean, or other wild animal not otherwise legally classified by Indiana statute or rule. See Indiana Code 14-22-34-4
• nonsignificant ground water withdrawal facility: means the ground water withdrawal facility of a person that, in the aggregate, has a withdrawal capability of less than one hundred thousand (100,000) gallons of ground water in one (1) day. See Indiana Code 14-25-4-3
• nursery stock: means botanically classified hardy perennial or biennial trees, shrubs, vines, and plants, evergreens, fruit pits, and other plants or plant parts capable of propagation. See Indiana Code 14-24-6-3
• 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.
• owner: includes the following:

  Indiana Code 14-25-4-4

• 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, an association, a business entity, or a governmental entity. See Indiana Code 14-22-31.5-2
• person: means an individual, a firm, a limited liability company, a corporation, an association, or a governmental agency. See Indiana Code 14-25-3-1
• plan: refers to :

  Indiana Code 14-21-1-8

• Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
• Population: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• potable water: means water that at the point of use is acceptable for human consumption under drinking water quality standards adopted by the environmental rules board under IC 13-18-4-1. See Indiana Code 14-25-4-5
• 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.
• Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
• presiding officer: refers to the following:

  Indiana Code 2-2.1-4-6

• Probate: Proving a will
• professional production crew: means a cast or crew member of a production team and includes a professional photographer, videographer, or cinematographer. See Indiana Code 14-22-26.5-2.5
• program: refers to the Indiana rural fire protection initiative established in section 4 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 14-23-6.5-1
• property: refers to real property that is:

  Indiana Code 14-18-8-1

• proximity: means a distance created by a visual or physical barrier, including a barrier fence, safety line, or other means to signify a restricted area, that is designed to prevent a member of the public from touching a primary, permeable barrier that contains a specified animal. See Indiana Code 14-22-26.5-3
• public: refers to a person or an individual who is not listed or otherwise described in section 1 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 14-22-26.5-3.5
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Quorum call: A call of the roll to establish whether a quorum is present. If any legislator "suggests the absence of a quorum," the presiding officer must direct the roll to be called.
• 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
• register: refers to the register of Indiana historic sites and historic structures established under this chapter. See Indiana Code 14-21-1-9
• 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.
• Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
• review board: refers to the historic preservation review board established by this chapter. See Indiana Code 14-21-1-10
• rural community: means a city, town, village, or community having a population of ten thousand (10,000) or less. See Indiana Code 14-23-6.5-2
• 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
• shooting range: means an area designed and operated for the use of archery, rifles, shotguns, pistols, muskets, or similar firearms that are fired at silhouettes, skeet, trap, paper, stillboard, or other similar targets. See Indiana Code 14-22-31.5-3
• significant ground water withdrawal facility: means the ground water withdrawal facility of a person that, in the aggregate from all sources and by all methods, has the capability of withdrawing at least one hundred thousand (100,000) gallons of ground water in one (1) day. See Indiana Code 14-25-4-6
• significant water withdrawal facility: means a water pumping installation or other equipment of a person that, in the aggregate from all sources and by all methods, has the capability of withdrawing at least one hundred thousand (100,000) gallons of water in one (1) day. See Indiana Code 14-25-5-5
• small state park: means a state park having an area of not more than five hundred (500) acres. See Indiana Code 14-19-2-1
• specified animal: means a live animal that is any of the following:

  Indiana Code 14-22-26.5-4

• stamp: refers to the migratory waterfowl stamp provided by this chapter. See Indiana Code 14-22-7-2
• stamp: refers to the game bird habitat restoration stamp provided by this chapter. See Indiana Code 14-22-8-3
• state agency: means an authority, a board, a branch, a commission, a committee, a department, a division, or another instrumentality of the executive, including the administrative, department of state government. See Indiana Code 4-1-10-2
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
• take: means to:

  Indiana Code 14-22-34-5

• taxidermist: means a person who receives wild animals or parts of wild animals for the purpose of performing taxidermy service for any other person. See Indiana Code 14-22-21-1
• trained: means having participated in specific instruction with a specified animal. See Indiana Code 14-22-26.5-5
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
• Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
• veteran: includes "Hoosier veteran" and applies to the construction of all Indiana statutes, unless the construction is expressly excluded by the terms of the statute, is plainly repugnant to the intent of the general assembly or of the context of the statute, or is inconsistent with federal law. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• vital: means that a plant is physiologically vibrant and does not suffer unreasonably from mechanical or pathological stress. See Indiana Code 14-24-5-1
• wasted: means any of the following:

  Indiana Code 14-25-3-2

• water utility: means :

  Indiana Code 14-25-2-2.5

• water well: means an excavation, however constructed, that is used for the purpose of withdrawing ground water for reasonable beneficial uses. See Indiana Code 14-25-4-7
• wildlife: means :

  Indiana Code 14-22-34-6

• Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5