Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 14 > Article 22 - Fish and Wildlife

• 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.
• 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.
• Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• 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
• 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.
• bow: means any device that is intended to shoot an arrow. See Indiana Code 14-22-40-1
• Case law: The law as laid down in cases that have been decided in the decisions of the courts.
• Caucus: From the Algonquian Indian language, a caucus meant "to meet together." An informal organization of members of the legislature that exists to discuss issues of mutual concern and possibly to perform legislative research and policy planning for its members. There are regional, political or ideological, ethnic, and economic-based caucuses.
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• 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.
• decoy: means a three-dimensional object that:

  Indiana Code 14-22-40-2

• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Devise: To gift property by will.
• direct contact: means physical contact between the public and a specified animal. See Indiana Code 14-22-26.5-2
• endangered species: means any species or subspecies of wildlife whose prospects of survival or recruitment within Indiana are in jeopardy or are likely within the foreseeable future to become so due to any of the following factors:

  Indiana Code 14-22-34-1

• 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.
• firearm: means any weapon that is designed to expel a projectile by means of an explosion. See Indiana Code 14-22-40-3
• fund: refers to the fish and wildlife fund established by this chapter. See Indiana Code 14-22-3-1
• fund: refers to the lifetime hunting, fishing, and trapping license trust fund established by this chapter. See Indiana Code 14-22-4-1
• fund: refers to the deer research and management fund established by this chapter. See Indiana Code 14-22-5-1
• fund: refers to the game bird habitat restoration fund established by this chapter. See Indiana Code 14-22-8-1
• fund: refers to the nongame fund established by this chapter. See Indiana Code 14-22-34-2
• game animal: means an animal that may be legally taken under this article. See Indiana Code 14-22-37-1
• game animal: means an animal that may be legally taken under this article. See Indiana Code 14-22-40-4
• game bird: means pheasant, quail, grouse, mourning dove, and wild turkey. See Indiana Code 14-22-8-2
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• Grace period: The number of days you'll have to pay your bill for purchases in full without triggering a finance charge. ^{Source: Federal Reserve}
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• Highway: includes county bridges and state and county roads, unless otherwise expressly provided. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• hunting guide: refers to an individual who holds a license under this chapter to provide hunting guide services. See Indiana Code 14-22-15.5-1
• hunting guide license: means a license issued under this chapter. See Indiana Code 14-22-15.5-1
• hunting guide services: means hunting guide or outfitter services that are offered or provided for money or other consideration. See Indiana Code 14-22-15.5-1
• 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.
• law enforcement officer: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 14-22-40-5
• 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}
• local unit of government: means a county, city, town, or township. See Indiana Code 14-22-31.5-1
• management: means the collection and application of biological information for the purposes of increasing the number of individuals within species and populations of wildlife up to the optimum carrying capacity of their habitat and maintaining those levels. See Indiana Code 14-22-34-3
• migratory waterfowl: means a wild goose, brant, or wild duck. See Indiana Code 14-22-7-1
• 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.
• nongame species: means any wild mammal, bird, amphibian, reptile, fish, mollusk, crustacean, or other wild animal not otherwise legally classified by Indiana statute or rule. See Indiana Code 14-22-34-4
• person: means an individual, an association, a business entity, or a governmental entity. See Indiana Code 14-22-31.5-2
• 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.
• Population: has the meaning set forth in Ind. 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.
• professional production crew: means a cast or crew member of a production team and includes a professional photographer, videographer, or cinematographer. See Indiana Code 14-22-26.5-2.5
• proximity: means a distance created by a visual or physical barrier, including a barrier fence, safety line, or other means to signify a restricted area, that is designed to prevent a member of the public from touching a primary, permeable barrier that contains a specified animal. See Indiana Code 14-22-26.5-3
• public: refers to a person or an individual who is not listed or otherwise described in section 1 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 14-22-26.5-3.5
• real property: include lands, tenements, and hereditaments. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• 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.
• shooting range: means an area designed and operated for the use of archery, rifles, shotguns, pistols, muskets, or similar firearms that are fired at silhouettes, skeet, trap, paper, stillboard, or other similar targets. See Indiana Code 14-22-31.5-3
• specified animal: means a live animal that is any of the following:

  Indiana Code 14-22-26.5-4

• stamp: refers to the migratory waterfowl stamp provided by this chapter. See Indiana Code 14-22-7-2
• stamp: refers to the game bird habitat restoration stamp provided by this chapter. See Indiana Code 14-22-8-3
• Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
• take: means to:

  Indiana Code 14-22-34-5

• taxidermist: means a person who receives wild animals or parts of wild animals for the purpose of performing taxidermy service for any other person. See Indiana Code 14-22-21-1
• trained: means having participated in specific instruction with a specified animal. See Indiana Code 14-22-26.5-5
• 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.
• wildlife: means :

  Indiana Code 14-22-34-6