§ 4-20.5-1-1 Application
§ 4-20.5-1-2 “Acquiring agency”
§ 4-20.5-1-3 “Agency”
§ 4-20.5-1-4 “Agency head”
§ 4-20.5-1-5 “Commissioner”
§ 4-20.5-1-6 “Department”
§ 4-20.5-1-7 “Instrument”
§ 4-20.5-1-8 “Department of transportation”
§ 4-20.5-1-9 “Land office”
§ 4-20.5-1-9.1 “Municipality”
§ 4-20.5-1-10 “Political subdivision”
§ 4-20.5-1-11 “Property”
§ 4-20.5-1-12 “State institution”
§ 4-20.5-1-13 “Transfer”
§ 4-20.5-1-14 “Transferring agency”
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Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 4 > Article 20.5 > Chapter 1 - Definitions

  • 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
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • debt: means any money, obligation, claim, or sum due or owing or alleged to be due or owing from a student. See Indiana Code 21-49-2-1
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • department: means the department of education established by IC 20-19-3-1. See Indiana Code 21-49-3-1
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • foreign terrorist organization: refers to an organization designated by the Secretary of State of the United States as a foreign terrorist organization under Indiana Code 21-49-2.7-1
  • in writing: include printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • institution: means a:

    Indiana Code 21-49-2-2

  • 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
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • 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
  • Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • real property: include lands, tenements, and hereditaments. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • state sponsor of terror: means a country determined by the Secretary of State of the United States to have repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism. See Indiana Code 21-49-2.7-2
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • transcript: means the statement of an individual's academic record provided by an institution. See Indiana Code 21-49-2-3
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
  • 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
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5