Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 5 > Article 1.2 > Chapter 13 - Flood Control Program

• 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
• 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.
• 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.
• 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
• 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
• 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.
• 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}
• 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. 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 33-38-8-3
• board: refers to the board of trustees of the Indiana public retirement system established by Indiana Code 33-38-6-2
• Case law: The law as laid down in cases that have been decided in the decisions of the courts.
• Chief judge: The judge who has primary responsibility for the administration of a court but also decides cases; chief judges are determined by seniority.
• 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: refers to any of the following:

  Indiana Code 33-37-1-2

• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Decedent: A deceased person.
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• 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}
• employer: means the state of Indiana. See Indiana Code 33-38-8-4
• employer: means the state of Indiana. See Indiana Code 33-38-6-3
• 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
• 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.
• 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 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 33-38-8-5
• 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
• in writing: include printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• 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}
• 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 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

• 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 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.
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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.
• Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Public defender: Represent defendants who can't afford an attorney in criminal matters.
• Ranking minority member: The highest ranking (and usually longest serving) minority member of a committee or subcommittee.
• 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.
• Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
• 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
• 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
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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
• Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
• Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5