Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 9 > Article 30 - General Penalty Provisions

• Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
• alcoholic beverage: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 9-30-15-1
• Allegation: something that someone says happened.
• Clerk of court: An officer appointed by the court to work with the chief judge in overseeing the court's administration, especially to assist in managing the flow of cases through the court and to maintain court records.
• container: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 9-30-15-2
• Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
• court: means a tribunal with jurisdiction to hear and determine traffic violation cases and the judge or other presiding officer sitting as a court. See Indiana Code 9-30-3-2
• covered offense: means the following:

  Indiana Code 9-30-14-1

• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• electronic traffic ticket: means :

  Indiana Code 9-30-3-2.5

• fatal accident: means an accident, a collision, or other occurrence that involves at least one (1) vehicle and that results in:

  Indiana Code 9-30-7-1

• Highway: includes county bridges and state and county roads, unless otherwise expressly provided. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• judge: means an officer authorized by law to sit as a court. See Indiana Code 9-30-3-3
• judgment: means :

  Indiana Code 9-30-10-1

• judgment: means a monetary penalty assessed for the violation of an ordinance that regulates parking violations. See Indiana Code 9-30-11-1
• license: includes any type of license or permit issued by the bureau to operate the type of vehicle being driven. See Indiana Code 9-30-10-2
• minor: means a person less than eighteen (18) years of age. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
• Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
• Oath: includes "affirmation" and "to swear" includes to "affirm". See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
• Plea agreement: An arrangement between the prosecutor, the defense attorney, and the defendant in which the defendant agrees to plead guilty in exchange for special considerations. ^Source:
• Population: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• portable breath test: means a hand held apparatus that measures the alcohol concentration in a breath sample delivered by a person into the mouthpiece of the apparatus. See Indiana Code 9-30-7-1
• 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}
• 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.
• Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
• Rescission: The cancellation of budget authority previously provided by Congress. The Impoundment Control Act of 1974 specifies that the President may propose to Congress that funds be rescinded. If both Houses have not approved a rescission proposal (by passing legislation) within 45 days of continuous session, any funds being withheld must be made available for obligation.
• Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
• vehicular substance offense: means any misdemeanor or felony in which operation of a vehicle while intoxicated, operation of a vehicle in excess of the statutory limit for alcohol, or operation of a vehicle with a controlled substance or its metabolite in the person's body, is a material element. See Indiana Code 9-30-15.5-1
• violation: means :

  Indiana Code 9-30-10-3