Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 3 > Article 6 > Chapter 4.9 - Administrative Enforcement of Election Law

• 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: refers to the following:

  Indiana Code 3-6-4.9-2

• Agent: shall include any board, commission, trustee, officer or agent which acts on behalf of a state agency. See Indiana Code 5-16-5.5-1
• 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}
• 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 county commission of public records created by section 1 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 5-15-6-1.2
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Contractor: shall mean any person, firm, limited liability company, or corporation who is party to a contract with a state agency to construct, erect, alter or repair any public building or is any way involved in public work or public improvement. See Indiana Code 5-16-5.5-1
• 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.
• enforcement authority: refers to either of the following:

  Indiana Code 3-6-4.9-3

• Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
• Escrowed income: shall mean the value of all property held in an escrow account over the escrowed principal in such account. See Indiana Code 5-16-5.5-1
• Escrowed principal: shall mean the value of all cash and securities or other property at the time placed in an escrow account. See Indiana Code 5-16-5.5-1
• 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.
• Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
• Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
• 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
• Indiana state archives: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 5-15-6-1.3
• 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}
• local government: means a political subdivision (as defined in IC 36-1-2-13). See Indiana Code 5-15-6-1.4
• 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.
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• 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: includes a natural person, firm, limited liability company, or corporation. See Indiana Code 5-16-5-0.4
• 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 body: refers to a board, commission, trustee, officer, or agent acting on behalf of the state or a commission created by law. See Indiana Code 5-16-5-0.5
• public work: refers to the construction, erection, alteration, or repair of a public building, public improvement, or other public work, the cost of which is paid for by funds derived from taxation. See Indiana Code 5-16-5-0.6
• record: means a record (as defined in Indiana Code 5-15-6-1.5
• records management: means a program to apply management techniques to the purchase, creation, utilization, maintenance, retention, preservation, and disposal of records undertaken to improve efficiency and reduce costs of record keeping, including management of the following:

  Indiana Code 5-15-6-1.6

• Retainage: means any amount to be withheld from any payment to a contractor or subcontractor pursuant to the terms of a contract until the occurrence of a specified event. See Indiana Code 5-16-5.5-1
• retention schedule: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 5-15-6-1.7
• 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.
• State agency: means the state of Indiana or any commission or agency created by law. See Indiana Code 5-16-5.5-1
• Subcontractor: shall mean and include any person, firm, limited liability company, or corporation who is a party to a contract with the contractor and who furnishes and performs on-site labor on any public building, work or improvement. See Indiana Code 5-16-5.5-1
• Substantial completion: shall be construed to mean the date when the construction of a structure or building is sufficiently completed, in accordance with the plans and specifications, as modified by any completed change orders agreed to by the parties, so that the state agency can occupy the structure or building for the use for which it was intended. See Indiana Code 5-16-5.5-1
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
• 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