Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 3 > Article 13 > Chapter 11 - Caucus Procedure for Filling Vacancies in Certain Local Offices Held by Major Parties

• 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

• 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
• 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.
• 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: means the process of building a building, highway, utility, or another structure. See Indiana Code 14-25-4-1
• 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.
• corps: refers to the youth conservation corps established by this chapter. See Indiana Code 14-23-8-3
• dewatering well: means a temporary water well that:

  Indiana Code 14-25-4-2

• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• 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.
• 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
• 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

• 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
• in writing: include printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Joint session: When both chambers of a legislature adopt a concurrent resolution to meet together.
• 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

• 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}
• 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

• 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
• 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
• 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.
• 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: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• 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.
• 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.
• Sheriff: means the sheriff of the county or another person authorized to perform sheriff's duties. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• 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
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• 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
• 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
• Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5