Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 9 > Article 28 - Interstate Compacts and Agreements

• 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.
• 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.
• citation: means any summons, ticket, or other official document issued by a police officer for a traffic violation containing an order that requires the motorist to respond. See Indiana Code 9-28-2-1
• collateral: means any cash or other security deposited to secure an appearance for trial following the issuance by a police officer of a citation for a traffic violation. See Indiana Code 9-28-2-2
• Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• court: means a court of law or traffic tribunal. See Indiana Code 9-28-2-3
• 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}
• executive head: means the governor. See Indiana Code 9-28-1-1
• Highway: includes county bridges and state and county roads, unless otherwise expressly provided. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• jurisdiction: means a state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a province of Canada. See Indiana Code 9-28-2-5
• licensing authority: means the bureau. See Indiana Code 9-28-1-2
• minor: means a person less than eighteen (18) years of age. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
• Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.