Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 3 > Article 7 > Chapter 12 - County Administration of Voter Registration

• 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.
• affiliate: means an entity that effectively controls or is controlled by an applicant for a deduction under this chapter or is associated with an applicant for a deduction under this chapter under common ownership or control, whether by shareholdings or other means. See Indiana Code 6-1.1-40-1.5
• 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.
• Appraisal: A determination of property value.
• appraiser: refers to a professional appraiser or a professional appraisal firm that contracts with a county under Indiana Code 6-1.1-31.7-1
• 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
• 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
• Attorney-in-fact: A person who, acting as an agent, is given written authorization by another person to transact business for him (her) out of court.
• Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
• board: refers to the state board of finance. See Indiana Code 6-1.1-21.8-1
• board: refers to the state board of finance. See Indiana Code 6-1.1-22.1-1
• board: refers to the county property tax assessment board of appeals;

  Indiana Code 6-1.1-45.5-1

• board of registration: includes a board of elections and registration. See Indiana Code 3-7-12-2
• brownfield: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 6-1.1-42-1
• brownfield: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 6-1.1-45.5-1
• 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 ports of Indiana established by IC 8-10-1-3. See Indiana Code 6-1.1-40-1
• commissioner: refers to the commissioner of the department of local government finance. See Indiana Code 6-1.1-22.5-1
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• contaminant: has the meaning set forth in IC 13-11-2-42;

  Indiana Code 6-1.1-45.5-1

• 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.
• 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.
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• delinquent tax liability: means :

  Indiana Code 6-1.1-45.5-1

• department: means the department of local government finance. See Indiana Code 6-1.1-31.5-1
• department: means the department of local government finance. See Indiana Code 6-1.1-31.7-2
• department: refers to the department of local government finance, unless the specific reference is to the department of environmental management; and

  Indiana Code 6-1.1-45.5-1

• designating body: means the following:

  Indiana Code 6-1.1-42-2

• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• district: means a geographic territory designated as a maritime opportunity district by the ports of Indiana under section 7 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 6-1.1-40-2
• district: refers to an entrepreneur and enterprise district designated under Indiana Code 6-1.1-46.2-1
• district board: refers to an entrepreneur and enterprise district board designated under Indiana Code 6-1.1-46.2-2
• Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
• economic development incentive: refers to a tax credit, deduction, exemption, grant, or loan awarded under a program described in section 1 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 6-1.1-43-2
• Electronic funds transfer: The transfer of money between accounts by consumer electronic systems-such as automated teller machines (ATMs) and electronic payment of bills-rather than by check or cash. (Wire transfers, checks, drafts, and paper instruments do not fall into this category.) ^{Source: OCC}
• eligible vacant building: means a building that:

  Indiana Code 6-1.1-46.2-3

• 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.
• 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.
• Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
• 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.
• Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
• fiscal body: refers to the fiscal body of:

  Indiana Code 6-1.1-45.5-1

• 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.
• Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. ^{Source: OCC}
• Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
• 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.
• in writing: include printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• industrial development program: has the meaning set forth in IC 5-28-9-3. See Indiana Code 6-1.1-39-1.5
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• 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.
• Lawsuit: A legal action started by a plaintiff against a defendant based on a complaint that the defendant failed to perform a legal duty, resulting in harm to the plaintiff.
• 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.
• Life estate: A property interest limited in duration to the life of the individual holding the interest (life tenant).
• local public improvement: means sewerlines, waterlines, streets, sidewalks, bridges, roads, highways, public ways, and any related public improvements. See Indiana Code 6-1.1-39-1.2
• Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
• new manufacturing equipment: means any tangible personal property that an applicant for the deduction under section 11 of this chapter:

  Indiana Code 6-1.1-40-4

• Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
• Oath: includes "affirmation" and "to swear" includes to "affirm". 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.
• 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.
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Personal property: includes goods, chattels, evidences of debt, and things in action. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
• Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
• Population: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Probate: Proving a will
• Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• property taxes: include special assessments. See Indiana Code 6-1.1-22.5-3
• provisional statement: refers to a provisional property tax statement required by section 6 or 6. See Indiana Code 6-1.1-22.5-2
• qualified industrial development project: means an economic development project (as defined in Indiana Code 6-1.1-39-1.6
• qualified investment: means any of the following expenditures relating to an enterprise zone location or entrepreneur and enterprise district location on which a taxpayer's zone business or district business is located:

  Indiana Code 6-1.1-45-7

• qualified taxing unit: means a taxing unit located in a county having a population of more than one hundred seventy thousand (170,000) and less than one hundred seventy-four thousand (174,000). See Indiana Code 6-1.1-21.8-2
• qualified taxing unit: means a city, township, or school corporation located in Lake County that experienced a property tax revenue shortfall in one (1) or more tax years:

  Indiana Code 6-1.1-22.1-2

• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• 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
• reconciling statement: refers to a reconciling property tax statement required by section 11 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 6-1.1-22.5-4
• redevelopment: means the construction of new structures, in a district, either:

  Indiana Code 6-1.1-40-5

• rehabilitation: means the remodeling, repair, or improvement of property in any manner or any enlargement or extension of property. See Indiana Code 6-1.1-40-6
• 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.
• remediation: has the meaning set forth in IC 13-11-2-186. See Indiana Code 6-1.1-42-3
• Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
• 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
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• Subpoena duces tecum: A command to a witness to produce documents.
• tax liability: includes liability for special assessments and refers to liability for property taxes after the application of all allowed deductions and credits. See Indiana Code 6-1.1-22.5-5
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• 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.
• Uniform Commercial Code: A set of statutes enacted by the various states to provide consistency among the states' commercial laws. It includes negotiable instruments, sales, stock transfers, trust and warehouse receipts, and bills of lading. ^{Source: OCC}
• 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
• Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.
• Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• zone: means a brownfield revitalization zone established under this chapter. See Indiana Code 6-1.1-42-4