Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 3 > Article 6 > Chapter 10 - Watchers for the Media

• 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.
• 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
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• 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
• bridge company: means a company which owns or operates a toll bridge or an approach or facility operated in connection with such a bridge. See Indiana Code 6-1.1-8-2
• bus company: means a company (other than a street railway company) which is principally engaged in the business of transporting persons for hire by bus in or through two (2) or more townships of this state. See Indiana Code 6-1.1-8-2
• central region: means the region of the state consisting of Boone County, Clay County, Clinton County, Delaware County, Fayette County, Fountain County, Franklin County, Hamilton County, Hancock County, Hendricks County, Henry County, Johnson County, Madison County, Marion County, Montgomery County, Morgan County, Owen County, Parke County, Putnam County, Randolph County, Rush County, Shelby County, Tippecanoe County, Tipton County, Union County, Vermillion County, Vigo County, Warren County, and Wayne County. See Indiana Code 6-1.1-8-2
• Clerk: means the clerk of the court or a person authorized to perform the clerk's duties. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• 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.
• definite situs: means a permanent location in one (1) taxing district or a customary location for use in one (1) taxing district. See Indiana Code 6-1.1-8-2
• director: refers to the director of the division of historic preservation and archeology of the department of natural resources. See Indiana Code 6-1.1-6.8-1
• 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.
• express company: means a company which is engaged in the business of transporting property by land, air, or water, and which does not itself operate the vehicles (except for terminal pickup and delivery vehicles) of transportation. See Indiana Code 6-1.1-8-2
• Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
• Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
• filter strip: refers to a strip or an area of vegetation for removing sediment, organic matter and other pollutants from runoff and wastewater. See Indiana Code 6-1.1-6.7-1
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• in writing: include printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Intangible property: Property that has no intrinsic value, but is merely the evidence of value such as stock certificates, bonds, and promissory notes.
• 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.
• 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.
• Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• north region: means the region of the state consisting of Adams County, Allen County, Benton County, Blackford County, Carroll County, Cass County, DeKalb County, Elkhart County, Fulton County, Grant County, Howard County, Huntington County, Jasper County, Jay County, Kosciusko County, LaGrange County, Lake County, LaPorte County, Marshall County, Miami County, Newton County, Noble County, Porter County, Pulaski County, St. See Indiana Code 6-1.1-8-2
• 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.
• 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.
• Personal property: includes goods, chattels, evidences of debt, and things in action. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• pipe line company: means a company which is engaged in the business of transporting or transmitting any gas or fluid (except water) through pipes. See Indiana Code 6-1.1-8-2
• 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}
• Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• property: includes both tangible and intangible property. See Indiana Code 6-1.1-8-2
• public utility company: means a company which is subject to taxation under this chapter regardless of whether the company is operated by an individual, a partnership, an association, a corporation, a limited liability company, a fiduciary, or any other entity. See Indiana Code 6-1.1-8-2
• qualified expenditures: means expenditures made by a taxpayer during a particular calendar year on the maintenance or improvement in Indiana of railcars owned or used by the taxpayer. See Indiana Code 6-1.1-8.2-1
• railcar company: means a company (other than a railroad company) which owns or operates cars for the transportation of property on railroads. See Indiana Code 6-1.1-8-2
• railroad company: means a company which owns or operates:

  Indiana Code 6-1.1-8-2

• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• sleeping car company: means a company (other than a railroad company) which owns or operates cars for the transportation of passengers on railroads. See Indiana Code 6-1.1-8-2
• solar land base rate: means the solar land base rates determined under section 24. See Indiana Code 6-1.1-8-2
• south region: means the region of the state consisting of Bartholomew County, Brown County, Clark County, Crawford County, Daviess County, Dearborn County, Decatur County, Dubois County, Floyd County, Gibson County, Greene County, Harrison County, Jackson County, Jefferson County, Jennings County, Knox County, Lawrence County, Martin County, Monroe County, Ohio County, Orange County, Perry County, Pike County, Posey County, Ripley County, Scott County, Spencer County, Sullivan County, Switzerland County, Vanderburgh County, Warrick County, and Washington County. See Indiana Code 6-1.1-8-2
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• street railway company: means a company which operates a passenger transportation business principally within one (1) or more municipalities regardless of whether the transportation vehicles operate on tracks, by means of electric power transmitted through wires, or by means of automotive equipment. See Indiana Code 6-1.1-8-2
• Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
• system: means all property owned or used by a public utility company or companies and operated as one (1) unit in furnishing a public utility service. See Indiana Code 6-1.1-8-2
• tax liability: means a railcar company's tax liability under Indiana Code 6-1.1-8.2-3
• taxpayer: means a railcar company (as defined by Indiana Code 6-1.1-8.2-2
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
• tunnel company: means a company which owns or operates a toll tunnel. See Indiana Code 6-1.1-8-2
• unit value: means the total value of all the property owned or used by a public utility company. See Indiana Code 6-1.1-8-2
• utility grade solar energy installation facility: means a renewable utility grade solar electricity facility that is used for the purpose of generating solar electricity for resale to consumers. See Indiana Code 6-1.1-8-2
• Verified: when applied to pleadings, means supported by oath or affirmation in writing. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• water distribution company: means a company which is engaged in the business of selling or distributing water by pipe, main, canal, or ditch. See Indiana Code 6-1.1-8-2
• Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5