Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 21 > Article 32 - State Educational Institutions: Bonds and Borrowing

• 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.
• appointing authority: means the head of a department, division, board, or commission, or an individual or group of individuals who have the power by law or by lawfully delegated authority to make appointments to positions in the state civil service. See Indiana Code 4-15-2.2-2
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• 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.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• department: refers to the state personnel department established by section 13 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 4-15-2.2-6
• director: refers to the state personnel director appointed under section 14 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 4-15-2.2-7
• Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. ^Source:
• division of the service: means any of the following that are subject to this chapter and whose positions are under the same appointing authority:

  Indiana Code 4-15-2.2-8

• in writing: include printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• 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}
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• 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.
• Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• retirement liabilities: means the payments to be made to a fund or funds administered by the board of trustees of the Indiana public retirement system for liabilities of a state educational institution resulting from a withdrawal from such a fund or a freezing of participation under such fund under Indiana Code 21-32-3.5-1
• state civil service: means public service by individuals who are subject to this chapter. See Indiana Code 4-15-2.2-10
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.