Chapter 1 Purpose and Scope of Authority; General Provisions
Chapter 2 Definitions
Chapter 3 Indiana Finance Authority
Chapter 4 General Powers and Duties
Chapter 4.5 Public-Private Agreements and Certain Other Agreements
Chapter 5 State Facility Financing
Chapter 6 Recreational Development Facilities and Park Projects
Chapter 7 Health Facility Financing
Chapter 8 Educational Facility Financing
Chapter 9 Economic Development Projects
Chapter 10 Wastewater and Drinking Water Revolving Loan Programs
Chapter 11 Supplemental Drinking Water and Wastewater Assistance Program
Chapter 11.5 Monitoring, Study, and Assessment by the Indiana Finance Authority
Chapter 12 Indiana Brownfields Program
Chapter 13 Flood Control Program
Chapter 14 Water Infrastructure Assistance Program
Chapter 14.5 Water Infrastructure Grant Program
Chapter 15 Local Transportation Infrastructure Program
Chapter 15.5 Residential Housing Infrastructure Assistance Program
Chapter 16 Bond Ceiling
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Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 5 > Article 1.2 - Indiana Finance Authority

  • abandoned aircraft: means an aircraft:

    Indiana Code 32-33-10.5-1

  • account: means an arrangement under a terms-of-service agreement in which a custodian carries, maintains, processes, receives, or stores a digital asset of the user or provides goods or services to the user. See Indiana Code 32-39-1-2
  • Acquittal:
    1. Judgement that a criminal defendant has not been proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
    2. A verdict of "not guilty."
     
  • Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
  • 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.
  • Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
  • agricultural operation: includes any facility used for the production of crops, livestock, poultry, livestock products, poultry products, or horticultural products or for growing timber. See Indiana Code 32-30-6-1
  • aircraft: means any contrivance used or designed for navigation of or flight in the air. See Indiana Code 32-33-10.5-2
  • Allegation: something that someone says happened.
  • 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.
  • Americans with Disabilities Act: refers to the Americans with Disabilities Act (Indiana Code 33-38-6-1
  • Americans with Disabilities Act: refers to the Americans with Disabilities Act (Indiana Code 33-38-7-2
  • Americans with Disabilities Act: refers to the Americans with Disabilities Act (Indiana Code 33-38-8-2
  • Americans with Disabilities Act: refers to the Americans with Disabilities Act (Indiana Code 33-39-7-2
  • Amortization: Paying off a loan by regular installments.
  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • 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.
  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • applicable offense: refers to any of the following:

    Indiana Code 32-31-9-3

  • applicant: means an individual who applies to a landlord to enter into a lease of a dwelling unit. See Indiana Code 32-31-9-4
  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • 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
  • Arraignment: A proceeding in which an individual who is accused of committing a crime is brought into court, told of the charges, and asked to plead guilty or not guilty.
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • 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
  • attorney in fact: includes an attorney in fact granted authority under a durable power of attorney or a nondurable power of attorney. See Indiana Code 32-39-1-3
  • 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.
  • auctioneer: means an auctioneer licensed under Indiana Code 32-29-7-1
  • auctioneer: means an auctioneer licensed under Indiana Code 32-30-10-1
  • authority: refers to the Indiana housing and community development authority created by IC 5-20-1-3. See Indiana Code 32-30-10.5-1.2
  • Autism: means a neurological condition as described in the most recent edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders of the American Psychiatric Association. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
  • Bailiff: a court officer who enforces the rules of behavior in courtrooms.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Bequest: Property gifted by will.
  • board: refers to the board of directors of the judicial conference of Indiana under IC 33-38-9-4. See Indiana Code 33-23-16-1
  • board: refers to the board of trustees of the Indiana public retirement system established by Indiana Code 33-38-6-2
  • board: refers to the board of trustees of the Indiana public retirement system. See Indiana Code 33-38-6.9-1
  • board: refers to the board of trustees of the Indiana public retirement system established by Indiana Code 33-38-7-3
  • board: refers to the board of trustees of the Indiana public retirement system established by Indiana Code 33-38-8-3
  • board: refers to the board of trustees of the Indiana public retirement system established by Indiana Code 33-39-7-3
  • board: refers to a board established in an ordinance under section 3 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 33-40-7-2
  • broker company: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 32-28-12.5-0.5
  • carries: means engages in the transmission of an electronic communication. See Indiana Code 32-39-1-4
  • Case law: The law as laid down in cases that have been decided in the decisions of the courts.
  • catalogue of electronic communications: means information that identifies each person with which a user has had an electronic communication, the time and date of the communication, and the electronic address of the person. See Indiana Code 32-39-1-5
  • Caucus: From the Algonquian Indian language, a caucus meant "to meet together." An informal organization of members of the legislature that exists to discuss issues of mutual concern and possibly to perform legislative research and policy planning for its members. There are regional, political or ideological, ethnic, and economic-based caucuses.
  • cause: means a trial, a hearing, an arraignment, a controversy, an appeal, a case, or any business performed within the official duty of a justice, judge, or prosecuting attorney. See Indiana Code 33-23-11-1
  • census: means the last preceding United States federal decennial census. See Indiana Code 33-41-2-1
  • Chambers: A judge's office.
  • 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.
  • chemical test: means an analysis of an individual's:

    Indiana Code 33-23-16-2

  • Chief judge: The judge who has primary responsibility for the administration of a court but also decides cases; chief judges are determined by seniority.
  • city or town fund: refers to the city or town user fee fund established under section 3 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 33-37-8-1
  • city-county council: refers to the Indianapolis, Marion County city-county council. See Indiana Code 33-33-49-3
  • claim: means :

    Indiana Code 34-7-7-3

  • clerk: refers to the clerk of the Marion superior court. See Indiana Code 33-33-49-4
  • clerk: means a clerk of the circuit court elected and qualified under Article 6, Sections 2 and 4 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana. See Indiana Code 33-32-1-1
  • clerk: refers to any of the following:

    Indiana Code 33-37-1-2

  • Clerk: means the clerk of the court or a person authorized to perform the clerk's duties. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Clerk of court: An officer appointed by the court to work with the chief judge in overseeing the court's administration, especially to assist in managing the flow of cases through the court and to maintain court records.
  • close relative: means a person:

    Indiana Code 33-23-11-2

  • close relative: has the meaning set forth in IC 33-23-11-2; and

    Indiana Code 33-33-49-13.1

  • Codicil: An addition, change, or supplement to a will executed with the same formalities required for the will itself.
  • commercial purpose: means the use of an aspect of a personality's right of publicity as follows:

    Indiana Code 32-36-1-2

  • commercial real estate: means any real estate other than:

    Indiana Code 32-28-12.5-1

  • commission: refers to the disciplinary commission created by Admission and Discipline Rule 23. See Indiana Code 33-24-10-2
  • commission: means the commission on judicial qualifications described in Article 7, § 9 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana. See Indiana Code 33-38-13-2
  • commission: means the commission on judicial qualifications described in Article 7, § 9 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana. See Indiana Code 33-38-14-2
  • commission: refers to the Indiana commission on court appointed attorneys established by section 2 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 33-40-5-1
  • committee: refers to the Marion County judicial selection committee established by subsection (b). See Indiana Code 33-33-49-13.1
  • common expenses: means :

    Indiana Code 32-28-14-1

  • Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
  • common law lien: means a lien against real or personal property that is not:

    Indiana Code 32-28-13-1

  • communications infrastructure: includes all wires, cable, and other similar facilities used to provide communications service. See Indiana Code 32-30-16-2
  • communications service: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 32-30-16-3
  • community court: means a problem solving court focused on addressing specific neighborhood or local criminal problems by:

    Indiana Code 33-23-16-3

  • compensation: means any money, thing of value, or economic benefit conferred on or received by any person in return for services rendered or for services to be rendered, whether by that person or another. See Indiana Code 33-23-11-3
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • construction machinery and equipment: includes all classes and types of machinery and equipment used in road construction, road maintenance, earth moving, and building construction work. See Indiana Code 32-33-10-1
  • content of an electronic communication: means information concerning the substance or meaning of the communication that:

    Indiana Code 32-39-1-6

  • Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • contract: means an oral or a written contract. See Indiana Code 32-30-1-2
  • contractor: means a reassessment, reassessment review, or special reassessment contractor of the department of local government finance under Indiana Code 33-26-8-1
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • cooperative housing association: means a consumer cooperative that provides dwelling units to its members. See Indiana Code 32-31-3-2
  • 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.
  • council: refers to the prosecuting attorneys council of Indiana established by section 2 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 33-39-8-1
  • council: refers to the public defender council of Indiana established by section 2 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 33-40-4-1
  • counsel: means the lawyer designated by the commission to:

    Indiana Code 33-38-13-3

  • counsel: means the lawyer designated by the commission to:

    Indiana Code 33-38-14-3

  • Counterclaim: A claim that a defendant makes against a plaintiff.
  • county fund: refers to the county user fee fund established under section 5 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 33-37-8-2
  • county salary: means that part of a court reporter's salary that is paid by the county. See Indiana Code 33-41-2-2
  • court: refers to the Marion superior court. See Indiana Code 33-33-49-5
  • court: means :

    Indiana Code 32-39-1-7

  • court employee: means a person employed by any of the following:

    Indiana Code 33-23-12-2

  • Court reporter: A person who makes a word-for-word record of what is said in court and produces a transcript of the proceedings upon request.
  • courts: means courts that conduct jury trials. See Indiana Code 33-28-5-1
  • creditor: means a person:

    Indiana Code 32-30-10.5-2

  • creditor: means the person who has lawfully repossessed a vehicle. See Indiana Code 32-34-4-1
  • custodian: means a person that carries, maintains, processes, receives, or stores a digital asset of a user. See Indiana Code 32-39-1-8
  • customer: means any individual or entity who contracts with or causes a fabricator to use a die, mold, form, jig, or pattern to manufacture, assemble, or otherwise make a product. See Indiana Code 32-33-16-1
  • customer: means a person who:

    Indiana Code 32-33-20-1

  • customer: means an individual or entity who contracts with or causes a fabricator:

    Indiana Code 32-34-6-2

  • customer: means an individual or entity that causes another individual or entity to make a silk screen or to use a silk screen to manufacture, assemble, or make a product. See Indiana Code 32-34-7-2
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • date of substantial completion: means the earlier of:

    Indiana Code 32-30-1-4

  • debtor: means the person from whom a vehicle is repossessed. See Indiana Code 32-34-4-2
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • 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.
  • Defense attorney: Represent defendants in criminal matters.
  • Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.
  • derelict aircraft: means any aircraft:

    Indiana Code 32-33-10.5-3

  • designated recipient: means a person chosen by a user using an online tool to administer digital assets of the user. See Indiana Code 32-39-1-9
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • digital asset: means an electronic record in which an individual has a right or interest. See Indiana Code 32-39-1-10
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
  • Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
  • domestic violence court: means a problem solving court focused on the safety of the victim and the defendant's accountability by:

    Indiana Code 33-23-16-4

  • drug court: means a problem solving court focused on addressing the substance abuse issues of defendants or juveniles in the criminal justice system by:

    Indiana Code 33-23-16-5

  • dwelling unit: means a structure or part of a structure that is used as a home, residence, or sleeping unit. See Indiana Code 32-31-5-3
  • dwelling unit: has the meaning set forth in IC 32-31-5-3. See Indiana Code 32-31-9-5
  • economic interest: means substantial financial interest in investments, employment, awarding of contracts, purchases, leases, sales, or similar matters. See Indiana Code 33-23-11-4
  • electric easement: means any recorded or unrecorded easement held by an electricity supplier for the siting of electric facilities, regardless of whether the easement is for the exclusive benefit of the electricity supplier or for use in connection with other utility services, regardless of whether the electricity supplier provides the other utility services. See Indiana Code 32-30-16-4
  • electric facilities: means any product, equipment, or technology necessary or useful in the transmission, transformation, or distribution of electricity, including wires, cables, poles, transformers, anchors, guys, grounding systems, insulators, and any other related or ancillary materials. See Indiana Code 32-30-16-5
  • electricity supplier: means :

    Indiana Code 32-30-16-6

  • electronic: means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities. See Indiana Code 32-39-1-11
  • electronic communication: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 32-39-1-12
  • 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 project: means a project for housing infrastructure. See Indiana Code 5-1.2-15.5-2
  • employee: includes the following:

    Indiana Code 33-41-3-2

  • employer: means any person from whom the judge, justice, or prosecuting attorney or the spouse of the judge, justice, or prosecuting attorney receives any nonstate income. See Indiana Code 33-23-11-5
  • employer: means the state of Indiana. See Indiana Code 33-38-6-3
  • employer: means the state of Indiana. See Indiana Code 33-38-8-4
  • En banc: In the bench or "full bench." Refers to court sessions with the entire membership of a court participating rather than the usual quorum. U.S. courts of appeals usually sit in panels of three judges, but may expand to a larger number in certain cases. They are then said to be sitting en banc.
  • end user: means a person who uses a special tool as part of the person's manufacturing process. See Indiana Code 32-33-20-2
  • Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
  • 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
  • Escheat: Reversion of real or personal property to the state when 1) a person dies without leaving a will and has no heirs, or 2) when the property (such as a bank account) has been inactive for a certain period of time. Source: OCC
  • 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.
  • Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
  • executive secretary: refers to the executive secretary of the disciplinary commission. See Indiana Code 33-24-10-4
  • Executive session: A portion of the Senate's daily session in which it considers executive business.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • exempt property: means personal property that is any of the following:

    Indiana Code 32-31-4-1

  • expenses: includes the following:

    Indiana Code 33-38-12-2

  • expenses: includes the following:

    Indiana Code 33-39-9-2

  • fabricator: means any individual or entity, including a tool or die maker, who:

    Indiana Code 32-33-16-2

  • fabricator: means an individual or entity, including a tool or die maker, who:

    Indiana Code 32-34-6-3

  • 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.
  • family dependency drug court: means a problem solving court focused on supporting families that include a child who has been adjudicated a child in need of services and a parent, guardian, or other household member who has substance abuse problems by:

    Indiana Code 33-23-16-6

  • farm machinery: means all types of tractors, implements, and machinery used in the operation and maintenance of farms. See Indiana Code 32-33-10-2
  • Federal Reserve System: The central bank of the United States. The Fed, as it is commonly called, regulates the U.S. monetary and financial system. The Federal Reserve System is composed of a central governmental agency in Washington, D.C. (the Board of Governors) and twelve regional Federal Reserve Banks in major cities throughout the United States. Source: OCC
  • Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
  • fees or commissions: means compensation owed to a broker company for performing services requiring a license under Indiana Code 32-28-12.5-2
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • fiduciary: means :

    Indiana Code 32-39-1-14

  • final maturity date of the series mortgage: means the maturity date of the last to mature of the bonds, notes, or debentures secured by a series mortgage, as the maturity date is shown of record in the original security instrument or in a supplemental indenture subsequently recorded. See Indiana Code 32-29-10-2
  • Finance charge: The total cost of credit a customer must pay on a consumer loan, including interest. The Truth in Lending Act requires disclosure of the finance charge. Source: OCC
  • 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.
  • Fixed Rate: Having a "fixed" rate means that the APR doesn't change based on fluctuations of some external rate (such as the "Prime Rate"). In other words, a fixed rate is a rate that is not a variable rate. A fixed APR can change over time, in several circumstances:
    • You are late making a payment or commit some other default, triggering an increase to a penalty rate
    • The bank changes the terms of your account and you do not reject the change.
    • The rate expires (if the rate was fixed for only a certain period of time).
  • fixed-base operator: means a person that provides on the premises of a public-use airport aeronautical services, including any of the following:

    Indiana Code 32-33-10.5-4

  • Forbearance: A means of handling a delinquent loan. A
  • 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
  • foreclosure prevention agreement: means a written agreement that:

    Indiana Code 32-30-10.5-4

  • forestry operation: includes facilities, activities, and equipment used to plant, raise, manage, harvest, and remove trees on private land. See Indiana Code 32-30-6-1.5
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • fund: refers to the residential housing infrastructure assistance revolving fund established by section 9 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 5-1.2-15.5-3
  • fund: refers to the civil legal aid fund established by section 5 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 33-24-12-1
  • fund: refers to the Indiana judges' retirement fund established by section 12 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 33-38-6-5
  • fund: refers to the Indiana judges' retirement fund established by IC 33-38-6-12. See Indiana Code 33-38-7-5
  • fund: refers to the Indiana judges' retirement fund established by IC 33-38-6-12. See Indiana Code 33-38-8-5
  • fund: refers to the prosecuting attorneys retirement fund established by this chapter. See Indiana Code 33-39-7-5
  • 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
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • governmental body: means an agency, a board, or a commission of the legislative, executive, or judicial branch of state government. See Indiana Code 33-23-8-1
  • Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
  • Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
  • Guarantor: A party who agrees to be responsible for the payment of another party's debts should that party default. Source: OCC
  • 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.
  • guardian: means a person appointed by a court to manage the estate of a living individual. See Indiana Code 32-39-1-15
  • guest: includes a transient guest, permanent guest, tenant, lodger, or boarder. See Indiana Code 32-33-7-1
  • Habeas corpus: A writ that is usually used to bring a prisoner before the court to determine the legality of his imprisonment. It may also be used to bring a person in custody before the court to give testimony, or to be prosecuted.
  • Highway: includes county bridges and state and county roads, unless otherwise expressly provided. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • homeowners association: means all the owners of real estate in a subdivision acting as an entity in accordance with any:

    Indiana Code 32-28-14-2

  • housing infrastructure: means the installation, replacement, upgrade, or improvement of public infrastructure for the support of residential housing. See Indiana Code 5-1.2-15.5-4
  • Impeachment: (1) The process of calling something into question, as in "impeaching the testimony of a witness." (2) The constitutional process whereby the House of Representatives may "impeach" (accuse of misconduct) high officers of the federal government for trial in the Senate.
  • in writing: include printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • indecent nuisance: means a:

    Indiana Code 32-30-7-1

  • Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. Source: FDIC
  • Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies.
  • indigent: means an individual whose income is not more than one hundred twenty-five percent (125%) of the federal income poverty level as determined annually by the federal Office of Management and Budget under Indiana Code 33-24-12-2
  • industrial operation: includes any facility used for the:

    Indiana Code 32-30-6-2

  • information: means data, text, images, videos, sounds, codes, computer programs, software, databases, or the like. See Indiana Code 32-39-1-16
  • information of a confidential nature: means information that:

    Indiana Code 33-23-11-6

  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Intangible property: Property that has no intrinsic value, but is merely the evidence of value such as stock certificates, bonds, and promissory notes.
  • Inter vivos: Transfer of property from one living person to another living person.
  • Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. Source: OCC
  • Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
  • judge: means a judge of the court of appeals, the tax court, or a circuit, superior, county, small claims, or probate court, city court, or town court. See Indiana Code 33-23-11-7
  • judge: has the meaning set forth in IC 33-38-12-3. See Indiana Code 33-23-13-1
  • judge: means a person who serves or has served as a regular judge or justice of one (1) or more of the following courts:

    Indiana Code 33-38-6-7

  • judge: means an individual who holds or formerly held one (1) of the following offices or appointments:

    Indiana Code 33-38-12-3

  • judge: means a judge of the court of appeals. See Indiana Code 33-38-13-4
  • judge: means a judge of a superior or probate court. See Indiana Code 33-38-14-4
  • judge: means the judge of a small claims court established under this chapter unless otherwise indicated. See Indiana Code 33-34-1-1
  • judge pro tempore service: means service in Indiana as a full-time judge pro tempore appointed under Trial Rule 63(B) that:

    Indiana Code 33-38-6-8

  • Judgement: The official decision of a court finally determining the respective rights and claims of the parties to a suit.
  • 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
  • judicial circuit: means any county comprising a single judicial circuit or any combination of one (1) or more counties comprising a single judicial circuit. See Indiana Code 33-41-2-3
  • judicial conference: refers to the judicial conference of Indiana established by section 3 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 33-38-9-1
  • 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.
  • Jurisprudence: The study of law and the structure of the legal system.
  • Juror: A person who is on the jury.
  • juror qualification form: means the form prescribed for use by the courts and delivered to each prospective juror. See Indiana Code 33-28-5-2
  • jury administrator: means the court administrator, the county clerk, or other clerical personnel appointed by a supervising judge to administer the jury assembly process. See Indiana Code 33-28-5-3
  • jury pay fund: refers to the jury pay fund established under section 2 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 33-37-11-1
  • jury pool: means the names or identifying numbers of prospective jurors drawn at random from the master list. See Indiana Code 33-28-5-3.5
  • landlord: means :

    Indiana Code 32-31-3-3

  • 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
  • legal services provider: means a private, nonprofit organization incorporated and operated exclusively in Indiana, the primary function and purpose of which is to provide civil legal services without charge to the indigent. See Indiana Code 33-24-12-3
  • Legal tender: coins, dollar bills, or other currency issued by a government as official money. Source: U.S. Mint
  • lender: means a person whose name appears on the records of a museum as the person legally entitled to, or claiming to be legally entitled to, property held by the museum. See Indiana Code 32-34-5-1
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • license: means an occupational or a professional license, registration, permit, or certificate issued by a governmental body. See Indiana Code 33-23-8-2
  • 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).
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • loan: means a deposit of property not accompanied by a transfer of title to the property. See Indiana Code 32-34-5-3
  • locality: means the following:

    Indiana Code 32-30-6-3

  • loss mitigation package: means a set of documents, the components of which:

    Indiana Code 32-30-10.5-4.7

  • mail: includes ordinary mail or personal delivery. See Indiana Code 33-38-13-5
  • mail: includes ordinary mail or personal delivery. See Indiana Code 33-38-14-5
  • managing broker: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 32-28-12.5-3
  • marina operator: means a person, a firm, a corporation, a limited liability company, a municipality, or another unit of government that is engaged in the business of operating a marina. See Indiana Code 32-34-10-1
  • master list: means a form of record that contains the current lists approved by the supreme court that may be used to select prospective jurors. See Indiana Code 33-28-5-5
  • masters: means the special masters appointed by the chief justice upon request of the commission. See Indiana Code 33-38-13-6
  • masters: means the special masters appointed by the chief justice upon request of the commission. See Indiana Code 33-38-14-6
  • mental health court: means a problem solving court focused on addressing the mental health needs of individuals in the court system by:

    Indiana Code 33-23-16-7

  • Mentally incompetent: means of unsound mind. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • minor: means a person less than eighteen (18) years of age. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Minority leader: See Floor Leaders
  • 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.
  • mortgage: means a mortgage or mortgage lien on an interest in real property in Indiana given to secure a loan in the original principal amount of not more than one million dollars ($1,000,000). See Indiana Code 32-29-6-1
  • mortgage: means :

    Indiana Code 32-30-10.5-5

  • mortgage foreclosure counselor: means a foreclosure prevention counselor who is part of, or has been trained or certified by, the Indiana Foreclosure Prevention Network. See Indiana Code 32-30-10.5-6
  • Mortgage loan: A loan made by a lender to a borrower for the financing of real property. Source: OCC
  • mortgage servicer: means the last person to whom a mortgagor or the mortgagor's successor in interest has been instructed by a mortgagee to send payments on a loan secured by a mortgage. See Indiana Code 32-29-6-3
  • Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
  • mortgagee: means :

    Indiana Code 32-29-6-2

  • Mortgagor: The person who pledges property to a creditor as collateral for a loan and who receives the money.
  • mortgagor: means the grantor of a mortgage. See Indiana Code 32-29-6-4
  • motor vehicle: means every vehicle and device in, upon, or by which persons or property is, or may be, moved, transported, or drawn upon public highways. See Indiana Code 32-33-10-3
  • museum: means an institution located in Indiana that:

    Indiana Code 32-34-5-4

  • name: means the actual or assumed name of a living or deceased natural person that is intended to identify the person. See Indiana Code 32-36-1-3
  • National Bank: A bank that is subject to the supervision of the Comptroller of the Currency. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is a bureau of the U.S. Treasury Department. A national bank can be recognized because it must have "national" or "national association" in its name. Source: OCC
  • National Credit Union Administration: The federal regulatory agency that charters and supervises federal credit unions. (NCUA also administers the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund, which insures the deposits of federal credit unions.) Source: OCC
  • news reporting or an entertainment medium: means a medium that publishes, broadcasts, or disseminates advertising in the normal course of its business, including the following:

    Indiana Code 32-36-1-4

  • Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
  • non-revenue water: means the difference between the amount of water that enters a water distribution system and the amount of water provided to users of the water distribution system. See Indiana Code 5-1.2-14-1.2
  • non-revenue water: means the difference between the amount of water that enters a water distribution system and the amount of water provided to users of the water distribution system. See Indiana Code 5-1.2-14.5-1
  • nuisance: means the use of a property to commit an act constituting an offense under IC 35-48-4. See Indiana Code 32-30-8-1
  • 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.
  • online tool: means an electronic service provided by a custodian that allows the user, in an agreement distinct from the terms-of-service agreement between the custodian and user, to provide directions for disclosure or nondisclosure of digital assets to a third person. See Indiana Code 32-39-1-17
  • original security instrument: means the original instrument or indenture executed to evidence a series mortgage. See Indiana Code 32-29-10-3
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • owner: means one (1) or more persons in whom is vested all or part of the legal title to property. See Indiana Code 32-31-3-4
  • participant: means a judge who participates in the fund. See Indiana Code 33-38-6-9
  • participant: means a judge who participates in the fund. See Indiana Code 33-38-7-7
  • participant: means a judge who participates in the fund. See Indiana Code 33-38-8-7
  • participant: means a person serving in a position described in section 8 of this chapter who is participating in the fund. See Indiana Code 33-39-7-6
  • 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.
  • payoff statement: means a statement of the amount of:

    Indiana Code 32-29-6-5

  • permanent loan: means a loan of property to a museum for an indefinite period. See Indiana Code 32-34-5-5
  • perpetrator: means an individual who:

    Indiana Code 32-31-9-6

  • person: means :

    Indiana Code 32-28-15-2

  • person: means an individual, a corporation, or any other legal entity. See Indiana Code 32-29-6-6
  • person: means an individual, a partnership, an association, a limited liability company, a corporation, a business trust, a joint stock company, or an unincorporated organization. See Indiana Code 32-30-1-1
  • person: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 32-30-7-2
  • person: means an individual, a corporation, an association, a partnership, a governmental entity, a trust, an estate, or any other legal or commercial entity. See Indiana Code 32-31-3-5
  • person: includes a natural person, a firm, a copartnership, an association, a limited liability company, a corporation, and a political subdivision. See Indiana Code 32-33-10-4
  • person: includes a natural person, a firm, a partnership, an association, a corporation, a limited liability company, and a political subdivision. See Indiana Code 32-33-10.5-5
  • person: means an individual, a nonprofit corporation, a trustee or legal representative, the state, a political subdivision (as defined in IC 36-1-2-13), an agency of the state or a political subdivision, or a group of those persons acting in concert. See Indiana Code 32-34-5-6
  • person: means a natural person, a partnership, a firm, a corporation, or an unincorporated association. See Indiana Code 32-36-1-5
  • person: means any individual, proprietorship, partnership, unincorporated association, trust, business trust, group, limited liability company, or corporation, whether or not operated for profit, or a governmental agency or political subdivision. See Indiana Code 33-23-11-8
  • person: means any of the following:

    Indiana Code 34-7-7-4

  • person: has the meaning set forth in IC 34-6-2-103(b). See Indiana Code 34-11-2-11.5
  • person: means :

    Indiana Code 32-39-1-18

  • 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
  • personal representative: means an executor, an administrator, a special administrator, or a person that performs substantially the same function as an executor, administrator, or special administrator under the law of Indiana other than this article. See Indiana Code 32-39-1-19
  • personality: means a living or deceased natural person whose:

    Indiana Code 32-36-1-6

  • Petit jury: A group of citizens who hear the evidence presented by both sides at trial and determine the facts in dispute. Federal criminal juries consist of 12 persons. Federal civil juries consist of six persons.
  • place: includes any part of a building or structure or the ground. See Indiana Code 32-30-7-3
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
  • Plea agreement: An arrangement between the prosecutor, the defense attorney, and the defendant in which the defendant agrees to plead guilty in exchange for special considerations. Source:
  • 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.
  • political subdivision: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 5-1.2-15.5-4.5
  • political subdivision: has the meaning set forth in IC 36-1-2-13. See Indiana Code 32-30-10.3-2
  • Population: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. Source: OCC
  • power of attorney: means a record that grants an attorney in fact authority to act in the place of a principal. See Indiana Code 32-39-1-20
  • 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.
  • President pro tempore: A constitutionally recognized officer of the Senate who presides over the chamber in the absence of the Vice President. The President Pro Tempore (or, "president for a time") is elected by the Senate and is, by custom, the Senator of the majority party with the longest record of continuous service.
  • presiding master: means the master so designated by the chief justice or, in the absence of a designation, the justice or judge named in the order appointing masters. See Indiana Code 33-38-13-7
  • presiding master: means the master so designated by the chief justice or, in the absence of a designation, the justice or judge named in the order appointing masters. See Indiana Code 33-38-14-7
  • principal: means an individual who grants authority to an attorney in fact in a power of attorney. See Indiana Code 32-39-1-21
  • prior law: refers to the statutes concerning courts and court officers that are repealed or amended in the recodification act of the 2004 regular session of the general assembly as the statutes existed before the effective date of the applicable or corresponding provision of the recodification act of the 2004 regular session of the general assembly. See Indiana Code 33-22-1-1
  • private judge: means a person who is qualified to act as judge of a case under this chapter. See Indiana Code 33-38-10-1
  • Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Probation officers: Screen applicants for pretrial release and monitor convicted offenders released under court supervision.
  • problem solving court: means a court providing a process for immediate and highly structured judicial intervention for eligible individuals that incorporates the following problem solving concepts:

    Indiana Code 33-23-16-8

  • program: refers to the residential housing infrastructure assistance program established by section 8 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 5-1.2-15.5-5
  • program: refers to the Indiana conference for legal education opportunity established by section 2 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 33-24-13-1
  • property: means a house, a building, a mobile home, or an apartment that is leased for residential or commercial purposes. See Indiana Code 32-30-8-2
  • property: means a tangible object under a museum's care that has intrinsic historic, artistic, scientific, or cultural value. See Indiana Code 32-34-5-7
  • Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • property owner: means the owner of record of real or personal property. See Indiana Code 32-28-13-2
  • property owner: means a person with a recorded fee simple interest in land upon which an electric easement is located. See Indiana Code 32-30-16-7
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • prosecuting attorney: includes a senior prosecuting attorney appointed under IC 33-39-1. See Indiana Code 33-23-13-2
  • prosecuting official: refers to public officials who have concurrent jurisdiction to enforce this chapter, including:

    Indiana Code 32-30-7-4

  • protected activity: means any of the following actions taken by a tenant:

    Indiana Code 32-31-8.5-2

  • protected individual: means a tenant or applicant:

    Indiana Code 32-31-9-7

  • protected person: means an individual for whom a guardian has been appointed. See Indiana Code 32-39-1-22
  • Public defender: Represent defendants who can't afford an attorney in criminal matters.
  • public employee: means an individual who is an employee in the executive, judicial, or legislative branch of:

    Indiana Code 32-28-13-1.5

  • public infrastructure: means any of the following infrastructure that is or will be owned, maintained, or provided by a political subdivision:

    Indiana Code 5-1.2-15.5-6

  • public official: means an individual who holds office or formerly held office at any time during the preceding four (4) years in the executive, judicial, or legislative branch of:

    Indiana Code 32-28-13-3

  • public place: means any place to which the public is invited by special or an implied invitation. See Indiana Code 32-30-7-5
  • public use airport operation: includes any facility used as a public use airport for the landing, take off, storage, or repair of aircraft. See Indiana Code 32-30-6-4
  • qualifying county: means a county having a population of more than four hundred thousand (400,000) and less than seven hundred thousand (700,000). See Indiana Code 33-26-8-2
  • qualifying official: refers to any of the following:

    Indiana Code 33-26-8-3

  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Ranking minority member: The highest ranking (and usually longest serving) minority member of a committee or subcommittee.
  • real estate: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 32-28-12.5-4
  • real estate: means a right, a title, or an interest in real property. See Indiana Code 32-28-14-3
  • 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
  • record: means to record a record (as defined in Indiana Code 32-28-15-3
  • record: means to record with the county recorder. See Indiana Code 32-29-6-7
  • record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. See Indiana Code 32-39-1-23
  • Recourse: An arrangement in which a bank retains, in form or in substance, any credit risk directly or indirectly associated with an asset it has sold (in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles) that exceeds a pro rata share of the bank's claim on the asset. If a bank has no claim on an asset it has sold, then the retention of any credit risk is recourse. Source: FDIC
  • reentry court: means a problem solving court that is focused on the needs of individuals who reenter the community after a period of incarceration and that may provide a range of necessary reintegration services for eligible individuals, including the following:

    Indiana Code 33-23-16-9

  • 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.
  • Remainderman: One entitled to the remainder of an estate after a particular reserved right or interest, such as a life tenancy, has expired.
  • Remand: When an appellate court sends a case back to a lower court for further proceedings.
  • remote computing service: means a custodian that provides to a user computer processing services or the storage of digital assets by means of an electronic communications system, as defined in Indiana Code 32-39-1-24
  • rent: includes all payments made to a landlord under a rental agreement except a security deposit, however denominated. See Indiana Code 32-31-3-6
  • rental agreement: means an agreement together with any modifications, embodying the terms and conditions concerning the use and occupancy of a rental unit. See Indiana Code 32-31-3-7
  • rental premises: includes all of the following:

    Indiana Code 32-31-7-3

  • rental premises: includes all of the following:

    Indiana Code 32-31-8-3

  • rental premises: has the meaning set forth in IC 32-31-7-3. See Indiana Code 32-31-8.5-3
  • rental unit: means :

    Indiana Code 32-31-3-8

  • Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
  • required debt service reserve: means , as of the date of computation, the amount required to be on deposit in the reserve fund as provided by resolution or trust agreement of the bank. See Indiana Code 5-1.5-5-1
  • residential housing: means single family or multifamily housing for rent or sale. See Indiana Code 5-1.2-15.5-7
  • residential landlord-tenant statute: refers to any of the following:

    Indiana Code 32-31-2.9-2

  • residential real estate: means real property:

    Indiana Code 32-28-15-4

  • residential real estate service agreement: means an agreement:

    Indiana Code 32-28-15-5

  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  • retaliatory act: means any of the following actions taken by a landlord in response to a tenant's engaging in a protected activity:

    Indiana Code 32-31-8.5-4

  • Revolving credit: A credit agreement (typically a credit card) that allows a customer to borrow against a preapproved credit line when purchasing goods and services. The borrower is only billed for the amount that is actually borrowed plus any interest due. (Also called a charge account or open-end credit.) Source: OCC
  • right of publicity: means a personality's property interest in the personality's:

    Indiana Code 32-36-1-7

  • safe baby court: means a problem solving court focused on addressing the needs of families who have a child in need of services who is three (3) years of age or younger by surrounding the family with support services to:

    Indiana Code 33-23-16-9.5

  • salary: means the total salary paid to a participant by the state and by a county or counties, determined without regard to any salary reduction agreement established under Section 125 of the Internal Revenue Code. See Indiana Code 33-38-6-10
  • salary: means the total salary paid to a participant by the state and by a county or counties, determined without regard to any salary reduction agreement established under Section 125 of the Internal Revenue Code. See Indiana Code 33-38-7-8
  • salary: means the total salary paid to a participant by the state and by a county or counties, determined without regard to any salary reduction agreement established under Section 125 of the Internal Revenue Code. See Indiana Code 33-38-8-8
  • salary: means the salary paid to a participant by the state, determined without regard to any salary reduction agreement established under Section 125 of the Internal Revenue Code. See Indiana Code 33-39-7-7
  • salary: means the amount of the state salary and the amount of the county salary added together. See Indiana Code 33-41-2-5
  • security deposit: means a deposit paid by a tenant to the landlord or the landlord's agent to be held for all or a part of the term of the rental agreement to secure performance of any obligation of the tenant under the rental agreement. See Indiana Code 32-31-3-9
  • series mortgage: means any mortgage, indenture of trust, or trust deed executed to create a lien on any property, whether real or personal or both, in Indiana to secure one (1) or more series of bonds, notes, or debentures. See Indiana Code 32-29-10-1
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • service provider: means a person that provides services or products to a consumer. See Indiana Code 32-28-15-6
  • services: means the period beginning on the first day a person first becomes a judge or, after December 31, 2010, a judge or full-time magistrate, and ending on the date under consideration and includes all intervening employment as a judge or, after December 31, 2010, a judge or full-time magistrate. See Indiana Code 33-38-6-11
  • services: means the period beginning on the first day a person first becomes a judge, whether the date is before, on, or after March 11, 1953, and ending on the date under consideration and includes all intervening employment as a judge. See Indiana Code 33-38-7-9
  • services: means the period beginning on the first day a person first becomes a judge or, after December 31, 2010, a judge or full-time magistrate, and ending on the date under consideration and includes all intervening employment as a judge or, after December 31, 2010, a judge or full-time magistrate. See Indiana Code 33-38-8-9
  • services: means the sum of all periods in which a person is employed as:

    Indiana Code 33-39-7-8

  • 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
  • silk screen maker: means an individual or entity that makes a silk screen. See Indiana Code 32-34-7-3
  • silk screen user: means an individual or entity that uses a silk screen to manufacture, assemble, or make a product. See Indiana Code 32-34-7-4
  • special tool: means tools, dies, jigs, gauges, gauging fixtures, special machinery, cutting tools, injection molds, or metal castings used in the design, development, manufacture, assembly or fabrication of parts. See Indiana Code 32-33-20-3
  • special tool builder: means a person who designs, develops, manufactures, or assembles special tools for sale. See Indiana Code 32-33-20-4
  • state fund: refers to the state user fee fund established by section 2 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 33-37-9-1
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Statute of limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights.
  • storage facility: means any location approved by a court for storage of a tenant's personal property under section 2(e) of this chapter. See Indiana Code 32-31-4-1.5
  • strip mine: means a tract of land on which the surface soil has been removed or is being removed or is proposed to be removed from the coal seam by one (1) group of operating machines or machinery and where mine run coal is being produced in the raw state ready for direct sale to a consumer or for transportation to a cleaning or preparation plant. See Indiana Code 32-28-10-1
  • subdivision: means the division of a parcel of land into lots, parcels, tracts, units, or interests in the manner defined and prescribed by a subdivision control ordinance adopted by a legislative body under IC 36-7-4. See Indiana Code 32-28-14-4
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • successor statewide automated support enforcement system: means a statewide automated system for the collection, disbursement, and distribution of child support payments established by the department of child services. See Indiana Code 33-32-4-2
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • supervising judge: means a judge of the courts designated to supervise the jury assembly process. See Indiana Code 33-28-5-7
  • supplemental indenture: means an instrument or indenture executed to supplement the original security instrument, defining one (1) or more series of bonds, notes, or debentures secured, or to be secured, by the series mortgage, specifying property subject to the lien of the series mortgage or in another manner supplementing or amending the original security instrument. See Indiana Code 32-29-10-4
  • Temporary restraining order: Prohibits a person from an action that is likely to cause irreparable harm. This differs from an injunction in that it may be granted immediately, without notice to the opposing party, and without a hearing. It is intended to last only until a hearing can be held.
  • Tenancy in common: A type of property ownership in which two or more individuals have an undivided interest in property. At the death of one tenant in common, his (her) fractional percentage of ownership in the property passes to the decedent
  • tenant: means a person who leases or resides in a property. See Indiana Code 32-30-8-3
  • tenant: means an individual who occupies a rental unit:

    Indiana Code 32-31-3-10

  • terms-of-service agreement: means an agreement that controls the relationship between a user and a custodian. See Indiana Code 32-39-1-25
  • Testator: A male person who leaves a will at death.
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • timber: means trees, whether standing, down, or prepared for sale, sawlogs and all other logs, cross and railroad ties, boards, planks, staves and heading, and other trees cut or prepared for market. See Indiana Code 32-34-9-1
  • title insurance company: means a corporation or other business entity authorized and licensed to transact the business of insuring titles to interests in real property in Indiana under IC 27. See Indiana Code 32-29-6-8
  • Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
  • 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.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Trust account: A general term that covers all types of accounts in a trust department, such as estates, guardianships, and agencies. Source: OCC
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • trustee: means a fiduciary with legal title to property under an agreement or declaration that creates a beneficial interest in another. See Indiana Code 32-39-1-26
  • Truth in Lending Act: The Truth in Lending Act is a federal law that requires lenders to provide standardized information so that borrowers can compare loan terms. In general, lenders must provide information on Source: OCC
  • Under legal disabilities: includes persons less than eighteen (18) years of age, mentally incompetent, or out of the United States. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • undocumented property: means property in the possession of a museum for which the museum cannot determine the owner by reference to the museum's records. See Indiana Code 32-34-5-8
  • 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
  • user: means a person that has an account with a custodian. See Indiana Code 32-39-1-27
  • User fees: Fees charged to users of goods or services provided by the government. In levying or authorizing these fees, the legislature determines whether the revenue should go into the treasury or should be available to the agency providing the goods or services.
  • utility: means :

    Indiana Code 5-1.2-11.5-2

  • value: means the amount of money that a reasonable person would estimate a willing buyer would pay for an item of personal property. See Indiana Code 32-34-4-3
  • Variable Rate: Having a "variable" rate means that the APR changes from time to time based on fluctuations in an external rate, normally the Prime Rate. This external rate is known as the "index." If the index changes, the variable rate normally changes. Also see Fixed Rate.
  • vehicle: means a motor vehicle or a watercraft. See Indiana Code 32-34-4-4
  • Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
  • Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.
  • Verified: when applied to pleadings, means supported by oath or affirmation in writing. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • veteran: includes "Hoosier veteran" and applies to the construction of all Indiana statutes, unless the construction is expressly excluded by the terms of the statute, is plainly repugnant to the intent of the general assembly or of the context of the statute, or is inconsistent with federal law. 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