Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 21 > Article 24 - University of Southern Indiana

• 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.
• 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.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. ^{Source: FDIC}
• ISU board: means the Indiana State University board of trustees. See Indiana Code 21-24-2.1-1
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• minor: means a person less than eighteen (18) years of age. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• 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.
• Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• regional campus: means Indiana State University - Regional Campus Evansville, a regional campus managed by the ISU board in Vanderburgh County, Indiana. See Indiana Code 21-24-2.1-2
• 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
• university board: means the University of Southern Indiana board of trustees established by P. See Indiana Code 21-24-2.1-3
• Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5