Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 3 > Article 7 > Chapter 41 - Name Changes on Registration Records

• ADA: refers to the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (Indiana Code 8-1-2.8-1
• 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.
• 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.
• 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
• basic telecommunications service: means stand alone telephone exchange service (as defined in Indiana Code 8-1-2.6-0.1
• Charity: An agency, institution, or organization in existence and operating for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons and conducted for educational, religious, scientific, medical, or other beneficent purposes.
• 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 Indiana utility regulatory commission. See Indiana Code 8-1-1-1
• commission: refers to the Indiana utility regulatory commission. See Indiana Code 8-1-2.8-2
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• 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.
• dual party relay services: means telecommunications transmission services that provide the ability for a person who has a hearing impairment or speech impairment to engage in communication with a hearing person in a manner that is functionally equivalent to the ability of an individual who does not have a hearing impairment or speech impairment to communicate using voice communication services. See Indiana Code 8-1-2.8-3
• energy utility: means a public utility or a municipally owned utility within the meaning of IC 8-1-2-1, or a local district corporation or a general district corporation within the meaning of IC 8-1-13-23, engaged in the production, transmission, delivery, or furnishing of heat, light, or power. See Indiana Code 8-1-2.5-2
• 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.
• FCC: refers to the Federal Communications Commission. See Indiana Code 8-1-2.8-4
• 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.
• in writing: include printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• InTRAC: means a corporation formed under Indiana Code 8-1-2.8-6
• 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.
• LEC: refers to any communications service provider (as defined in Indiana Code 8-1-2.8-8
• Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
• Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• nonbasic telecommunications service: means retail telecommunications service other than:

  Indiana Code 8-1-2.6-0.3

• 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.
• 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
• provider: means a person or an entity that offers basic or nonbasic telecommunications service. See Indiana Code 8-1-2.6-0.4
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• retail energy service: means energy service furnished by an energy utility to a customer for ultimate consumption, including energy service by a general district corporation to a local district corporation within the meaning of IC 8-1-13-23. See Indiana Code 8-1-2.5-3
• 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.
• sewage treatment provider: means a legal entity that provides only sewage treatment service to a not-for-profit sewage disposal company. See Indiana Code 8-1-2.7-1.6
• sewage treatment recipient: means a not-for-profit sewage disposal company that receives sewage treatment service from another legal entity. See Indiana Code 8-1-2.7-1.6
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• telecommunications: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 8-1-2.6-0.6
• telecommunications service: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 8-1-2.6-0.7
• telephone company: means :

  Indiana Code 8-1-2.8-9

• 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