Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 8 > Article 21 - Aeronautics

• 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.
• Aircraft: means any contrivance used or designed for navigation of or flight in the air. See Indiana Code 8-21-3-1
• aircraft: means a vehicle used or designed for navigation or flight in the air. See Indiana Code 8-21-12-1
• Aircraft accident: means any mishap involving an aircraft resulting in injury or damage to such aircraft or to any person, property, or thing. See Indiana Code 8-21-3-1
• airport: means a location on land or water or a building or other structure that is used for the landing and taking off of aircraft, and that also provides for the shelter, supply, or care of aircraft, or a place used for receiving or discharging passengers or cargo by air. See Indiana Code 8-21-12-2
• airport: means a public use airport (as defined in Indiana Code 8-21-11-1
• Airport: means any location on land, water or upon any building or other structure which is used for the landing and taking off of aircraft, which provides for the shelter, supply or care of aircraft, or a place used for receiving or discharging passengers or cargo by air. See Indiana Code 8-21-9-2
• Airport facility: includes the following: lands, access roads, parking facilities, railroad siding facilities, snow removal or impacting equipment, fire and ambulance equipment, motor vehicles, apparatus or equipment for disseminating weather information, for signaling, for radio directional finding or for radio or other electrical communication, any structure or mechanism for guiding or controlling flight in the air or the landing and take-off of aircraft or otherwise in aid of air navigation, piers, docks, wharves, warehouses, sheds, transit sheds, elevators, compressors, refrigeration, storage plants, hangars, shops, buildings, structures and other facilities, appurtenances and equipment necessary or useful in connection with the operation of a modern airport and every kind of terminal or storage structure or facility designed for use in the handling, storage, loading or unloading of freight or passengers at airports, and every kind of transportation facility designed for use in connection with an airport. See Indiana Code 8-21-9-2
• 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.
• 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
• 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
• authority: refers to the Indiana finance authority established by Indiana Code 8-21-12-3
• aviation related property or facilities: means those properties or facilities that are utilized by a lessee, or a lessee's assigns, who provides services or accommodations:

  Indiana Code 8-21-12-4

• Clerk: means the clerk of the court or a person authorized to perform the clerk's duties. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Commissioner: refers to the commissioner of the department. See Indiana Code 8-21-9-2
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• 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.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• 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.
• Department: refers to the Indiana department of transportation. See Indiana Code 8-21-10-2
• Department: refers to the Indiana department of transportation. See Indiana Code 8-21-9-2
• Department: refers to the Indiana department of transportation; and "state" or "this state" means the state of Indiana. See Indiana Code 8-21-3-1
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• district: means an airport district established under section 11(9) of this chapter. See Indiana Code 8-21-12-5
• 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}
• 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.
• Existing airport facilities: means the properties which are acquired by the department from public or private entities under this chapter. See Indiana Code 8-21-9-2
• 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.
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• grant fund: refers to the airport development grant fund. See Indiana Code 8-21-11-2
• 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
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• insurance policy: means an aircraft liability policy conforming to section 12 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 8-21-3-1
• Insured: means the person in whose name there is issued an aircraft liability policy (as defined in section 12 of this chapter) and any other person insured under the terms of such policy. See Indiana Code 8-21-3-1
• 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}
• Judgment: means any judgment, except a judgment rendered against this state or any political subdivision of this state or any municipality in this state, which shall have become final by expiration without appeal of the time within which appeal might have been perfected, or by final affirmation on appeal, rendered by a court of competent jurisdiction of any state or of the United States. See Indiana Code 8-21-3-1
• 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.
• landing field: means a location on land or water or a building or other structure that is used for the landing and taking off of aircraft, but that provides no other facilities or services. See Indiana Code 8-21-12-7
• 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}
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• loan contract: means a debt instrument other than a revenue bond, such as a note. See Indiana Code 8-21-12-8
• loan fund: refers to the airport development revolving loan fund. See Indiana Code 8-21-11-3
• local entity: means a county, city, town, or other municipal corporation (as defined in IC 36-1-2-10). See Indiana Code 8-21-12-9
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• Noise sensitive purpose: means the use of a building or structure as a residence, school, church, child care facility, medical facility, retirement home, or nursing home. See Indiana Code 8-21-10-2
• 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.
• Operator: means any person who is in actual physical control of an aircraft. See Indiana Code 8-21-3-1
• Owner: means any person in whose name the aircraft is certificated, licensed, or registered by appropriate federal or state authority. See Indiana Code 8-21-3-1
• 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 permit issued by the department under this chapter. See Indiana Code 8-21-10-2
• person: means :

  Indiana Code 8-21-12-10

• Person: means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, limited liability company, association, joint stock association, or body politic; and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee, or other similar representative of an entity described in this subdivision. See Indiana Code 8-21-3-1
• Person: means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, limited liability company, association, joint stock association, or body politic, including any trustee, receiver, assignee, or other similar representative. See Indiana Code 8-21-10-2
• Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
• 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}
• Probate: Proving a will
• Project: means the existing airport facilities or any airport facility acquired, constructed, controlled or operated by the department, together with all property, rights, easements and interest appertaining to the facility, acquired for the construction or operation of the facility. See Indiana Code 8-21-9-2
• Proof of financial responsibility: has the meaning set forth in section 8 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 8-21-3-1
• Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
• Public-use airport: means any area, site, or location, either on land, water, or upon any building, which is specifically adapted and maintained for the landing and taking off of aircraft, and utilized or to be utilized in the interest of the public for such purposes. See Indiana Code 8-21-10-2
• 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
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Structure: means any object constructed or installed by man including, but not limited to, cranes, buildings, towers, smokestacks, electronic transmission or receiving towers, buildings used for a noise sensitive purpose, and antennae and overhead transmission lines. See Indiana Code 8-21-10-2
• Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• this state: means the state of Indiana. See Indiana Code 8-21-3-1
• 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
• 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.