Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 16 > Article 31.5 > Chapter 13 - Oversight, Dispute Resolution, and Enforcement

• 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.
• 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
• commission: means the national administrative body, of which all states that have enacted the compact are members. See Indiana Code 16-31.5-2-5
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• in writing: include printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• 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
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
• member state: means a state that has enacted this compact. See Indiana Code 16-31.5-2-10
• rule: means a written statement by the interstate commission promulgated under Indiana Code 16-31.5-2-15
• Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
• state: means any state, commonwealth, district, or territory of the United States. See Indiana Code 16-31.5-2-18
• 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