Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 8 > Article 17 - County Roads?Administration and Maintenance

• 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.
• 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.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• department: refers to the Indiana department of transportation. See Indiana Code 8-17-1-0.1
• department: refers to the Indiana department of transportation. See Indiana Code 8-17-7-2
• 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.
• governing body: means the county executive, the city executive, or the town legislative body. See Indiana Code 8-17-4.1-1
• highway: includes highways, roads, streets, bridges, tunnels, and approaches. See Indiana Code 8-17-1-1.2
• Highway: includes county bridges and state and county roads, unless otherwise expressly provided. 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.
• local highway system: includes all roads, bridges, culverts, necessary supports, drainage facilities, and roadside developments within the rights-of-way. See Indiana Code 8-17-7-2
• Population: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Probate: Proving a will
• Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5