Indiana Code > Title 6 > Article 1.1 > Chapter 8.5 – Assessment of Industrial Facilities in Lake County
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- 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
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- 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:
- 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.
- industrial company: means an owner or user of industrial property. See Indiana Code 6-1.1-8.5-1
- industrial facility: means a company's real property that:
Indiana Code 6-1.1-8.5-2
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Population: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
- Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
- 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 6-1.1-8.5-3
- 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
- Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
- Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5