Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 4 > Article 1 > Chapter 7.1 - Expiration of Certain Agencies

• affected area: means the area of land:

  Indiana Code 14-36-1-4

• 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.
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• cast overburden: means a bank or deposit of overburden after removal from the overburden's natural state. See Indiana Code 14-36-1-5
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• 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.
• in writing: include printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• 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.
• land: means ground, soil, or solid materials of the earth:

  Indiana Code 14-36-2-2

• 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}
• mineral: means coal, clay, or shale, including oil shale. See Indiana Code 14-36-1-6
• mining: means the following:

  Indiana Code 14-36-2-3

• mining refuse: means all waste material directly connected with the cleaning and preparation of substances mined by surface mining. See Indiana Code 14-36-1-7
• operation: means the premises, facilities, nonpublic roads, and equipment used in the process of producing minerals from a surface mine. See Indiana Code 14-36-1-8
• operator: means a person engaged in carrying on surface mining operations. See Indiana Code 14-36-1-9
• overburden: means the soil and other materials that lie above a mineral deposit. See Indiana Code 14-36-1-10
• 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.
• Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• reclamation: means the rehabilitation of the area of land affected by surface mining under an approved reclamation plan. See Indiana Code 14-36-1-11
• reclamation: means rehabilitation under IC 14-36-1. See Indiana Code 14-36-2-4
• reclamation plan: means the operator's written proposal approved by the commission for reclamation of the affected area. See Indiana Code 14-36-1-12
• 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.
• restoration: means rehabilitation under IC 14-36-1. See Indiana Code 14-36-2-5
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5