Terms Used In Indiana Code 34-6-2-144

  • 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
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
   Sec. 144. “Trial”, for purposes of IC 34-35-5, includes the impaneling of the jury, the actual trial, or other evidentiary hearing where witnesses are sworn and testify, hearings on motions for summary judgment, and entries of final disposition of a cause of action.

[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-2-15-1(d).]

As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.1.