Terms Used In Indiana Code 7.1-3-23-41

  • 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.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
  • 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.
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
   Sec. 41. Trial. The action shall be entered upon the civil docket of the court to which the appeal is taken naming the appellant applicant, or permittee, as plaintiff, and the commission as defendant. No formal pleadings shall be required and the case shall be set for hearing by the court, without a jury, as soon as possible. The cause may be determined upon hearing upon the evidence offered before the commission and as certified by the commission, or additional evidence may be offered by either party. The court shall enter an order, after the hearing, sustaining or setting aside the final order of the commission. If the court sets aside an order of the commission denying a permit, the court, in its order, shall direct the issuance of the permit.

[Pre-1973 Recodification Citation: 7-1-1-43.]

Formerly: Acts 1973, P.L.55, SEC.1.