Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 5 > Article 3 - Publication of Notices

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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
• 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
• Bequest: Property gifted by will.
• builder: means a person engaged in constructing new homes. See Indiana Code 36-1-22-1
• claimant: means any of the following individuals filing an application for assistance under this chapter:

  Indiana Code 5-2-6.1-1

• Clerk: means the clerk of the court or a person authorized to perform the clerk's duties. 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.
• contract: means a contract for the purchase of:

  Indiana Code 36-2-2.8-2

• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• 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.
• county officer: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 36-2-2.8-3
• county officer: means the following:

  Indiana Code 36-2-2.9-3

• crime: has the meaning set forth in IC 33-23-1-4. See Indiana Code 36-1-26-1
• criminal action: means a prosecution against an individual alleging the commission of a felony or misdemeanor. See Indiana Code 36-1-17-1
• criminal history information: has the meaning set forth in IC 5-2-4-1. See Indiana Code 36-1-26-2
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• 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.
• division: refers to the victim services division of the Indiana criminal justice institute. See Indiana Code 5-2-6.1-2
• division: refers to the victim services division of the Indiana criminal justice institute. See Indiana Code 5-2-6.3-1
• division: refers to the victim services division of the Indiana criminal justice institute. See Indiana Code 5-2-6.7-1
• domestic violence prevention and treatment center: means an organized entity:

  Indiana Code 5-2-6.7-2

• electronic edition: means a new edition of a newspaper that is only published on a newspaper's website and not published in a print edition. See Indiana Code 5-3-1-0.1
• emergency: means a situation that:

  Indiana Code 36-1-29-3

• employed: means an individual who is employed by a unit on a full-time, part-time, temporary, intermittent, or hourly basis. See Indiana Code 36-1-20.2-5
• employee: refers to an employee of a political subdivision. See Indiana Code 36-1-13-1
• 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.
• Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
• 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.
• Forgery: The fraudulent signing or alteration of another's name to an instrument such as a deed, mortgage, or check. The intent of the forgery is to deceive or defraud. ^{Source: OCC}
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• fund: refers to the violent crime victims compensation fund established by section 40 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 5-2-6.1-3
• fund: refers to the domestic violence prevention and treatment fund established by this chapter. See Indiana Code 5-2-6.7-3
• fund: means a workforce retention and recruitment fund established by the fiscal officer of a unit under section 9 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 36-1-29.5-1
• 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 any of the following:

  Indiana Code 5-3-4-2

• Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
• Highway: includes county bridges and state and county roads, unless otherwise expressly provided. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• in writing: include printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• incentive agreement: means an agreement described in section 8(b) of this chapter. See Indiana Code 36-1-29.5-2
• 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}
• institute: means the Indiana criminal justice institute established by IC 5-2-6. See Indiana Code 5-2-6.1-4
• Joint meeting: An occasion, often ceremonial, when the House and Senate each adopt a unanimous consent agreement
• 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.
• 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.
• license: means any license, registration, certification, permit, or endorsement required by a unit for an individual to practice an occupation or profession in an area over which the unit has jurisdiction. See Indiana Code 36-1-26-3
• Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
• local governmental agency: has the meaning set forth in IC 36-7-4-1109(a). See Indiana Code 36-1-29-4
• locality newspaper: means a publication that meets all the following requirements:

  Indiana Code 5-3-1-0.2

• Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• newspaper: refers to a newspaper:

  Indiana Code 5-3-1-0.4

• 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.
• official web site: means the Internet location designated by a political subdivision as its primary source of information about the political subdivision on the Internet. See Indiana Code 5-3-5-2
• ordinary high water mark: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 36-1-29-5
• owner: means a person that has an interest in title or a present possessory interest in property that is offered to the public as a short term rental. See Indiana Code 36-1-24-2
• owner: means a person that has a fee interest in a private property adjacent to and landward of Lake Michigan. See Indiana Code 36-1-29-6
• 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.
• permit: means a short term rental permit issued by a unit. See Indiana Code 36-1-24-4
• permit: has the meaning set forth in IC 36-7-4-1109(b). See Indiana Code 36-1-29-7
• permitted property: means a property that is subject to a valid, unexpired, unrevoked permit under this chapter. See Indiana Code 36-1-24-5
• person: means an individual, firm, limited liability company, corporation, association, or other legal entity. See Indiana Code 36-1-22-2
• Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
• political subdivision: has the meaning set forth in IC 3-5-2-38. See Indiana Code 5-3-5-3
• Population: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Preliminary hearing: A hearing where the judge decides whether there is enough evidence to make the defendant have a trial.
• Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
• private property: means real property that is not owned or leased by the state or a political subdivision. See Indiana Code 36-1-29-8
• Probate: Proving a will
• program: refers to a cost saving incentive program established by a political subdivision under this chapter. See Indiana Code 36-1-13-2
• program: means a workforce retention and recruitment program established by the executive of a unit under section 8(a) of this chapter. See Indiana Code 36-1-29.5-3
• prohibited person: means a city, town, province, county, school, college, or university located in a foreign adversary (as defined in Indiana Code 36-1-32-1
• Project IMPACT: refers to each of the affiliate organizations authorized under section 3(1) through 3(5) of this chapter. See Indiana Code 5-2-6.2-1
• Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• qualified nonprofit organization: means a private, nonprofit entity formed as a partnership between one (1) or more units, private sector businesses, or community or philanthropic organizations to develop and implement a workforce retention and recruitment strategy that has an organizational structure that conforms with the requirements of a policy developed by the workforce fund managers under section 10 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 36-1-29.5-4
• qualified publication: means a publication that:

  Indiana Code 5-3-1-0.7

• qualified worker: means an individual described in section 11 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 36-1-29.5-5
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• relative: means any of the following:

  Indiana Code 36-1-20.2-8

• remodeler: means a person engaged in altering, repairing, restoring, maintaining, or modifying an existing residential dwelling. See Indiana Code 36-1-22-3
• rental registration or inspection program: means a program authorizing the registration or inspection of only rental housing. See Indiana Code 36-1-20-1.2
• rental unit community: means one (1) or more parcels of contiguous real property upon which are located one (1) or more structures containing rental units, if:

  Indiana Code 36-1-20-1.5

• residential dwelling: means a building or part of a building occupied by or intended for the occupancy of one (1) or more individuals. See Indiana Code 36-1-22-4
• responsible party: means an individual who has been formally charged with or convicted of a felony. See Indiana Code 5-2-6.3-2
• 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
• short term rental: means the rental of:

  Indiana Code 36-1-24-6

• sister: include a brother or sister by the half blood. See Indiana Code 36-1-20.2-8
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• 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.
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
• unit: means a county, city, or town. See Indiana Code 36-1-29.5-6
• unit: means a county, city, town, or township. See Indiana Code 36-1-32-2
• 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.
• Verified: when applied to pleadings, means supported by oath or affirmation in writing. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Veto: The procedure established under the Constitution by which the President/Governor refuses to approve a bill or joint resolution and thus prevents its enactment into law. A regular veto occurs when the President/Governor returns the legislation to the house in which it originated. The President/Governor usually returns a vetoed bill with a message indicating his reasons for rejecting the measure. In Congress, the veto can be overridden only by a two-thirds vote in both the Senate and the House.
• victim: means an individual who suffers bodily injury or death as a result of a violent crime. See Indiana Code 5-2-6.1-7
• violent crime: means the following:

  Indiana Code 5-2-6.1-8

• workforce fund managers: means a workforce fund board of managers established by the executive of a unit under section 10 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 36-1-29.5-7
• Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5