Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 23 > Article 14 > Chapter 31 - Cremation

• alternative container: means a rigid or nonrigid receptacle or other enclosure that:

  Indiana Code 23-14-31-1

• 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
• authorizing agent: means a person legally entitled to order the cremation and final disposition of specific human remains. See Indiana Code 23-14-31-2
• board: means the state board of funeral and cemetery service established by IC 25-15-9-1. See Indiana Code 23-14-31-3
• body part: means :

  Indiana Code 23-14-31-4

• burial transit permit: means a permit for the transportation and disposition of a dead human body required under IC 16-37-3-10 or IC 16-37-3-12. See Indiana Code 23-14-31-5
• casket: means a rigid enclosure that:

  Indiana Code 23-14-31-6

• 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.
• cremated remains: means all human remains recovered after the completion of the cremation of a human body or body part, including the residue of any foreign materials, nonmetallic casket material, dental work, or eyeglasses that were cremated with the human remains but excluding any prosthetic or medical device. See Indiana Code 23-14-31-7
• cremation: means the incineration of the body of a deceased person or a body part of a nondeceased person and the mechanical or manual reduction of identifiable bone fragments to unidentifiable bone fragments. See Indiana Code 23-14-31-8
• cremation chamber: means the enclosed space where the cremation takes place. See Indiana Code 23-14-31-9
• cremation room: means the room where the cremation chamber is located. See Indiana Code 23-14-31-10
• crematory: means a building or structure, including a holding facility where human remains are or are intended to be cremated. See Indiana Code 23-14-31-11
• crematory authority: means the legal entity or the entity's authorized representative that is registered by the board to operate a crematory and to perform cremations. See Indiana Code 23-14-31-12
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Decedent: A deceased person.
• disposition: means the cremation or other disposition of a dead human body or a part of a dead human body. See Indiana Code 23-14-31-13
• 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.
• 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.
• funeral home: means a place that is licensed under IC 25-15 where:

  Indiana Code 23-14-31-14

• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• holding facility: means an area that:

  Indiana Code 23-14-31-15

• human remains: means the body or a part of the body of an individual, including human remains that have been cremated. See Indiana Code 23-14-31-16
• in writing: include printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters. 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.
• niche: means a space in a columbarium that is used or intended to be used for the interment of cremated human remains of one (1) or more deceased individuals. See Indiana Code 23-14-31-17
• 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.
• 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}
• Probate: Proving a will
• Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• 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.
• scattering: means the final disposition of cremated human remains under section 44(a)(3) of this chapter. See Indiana Code 23-14-31-18
• temporary container: means a receptacle:

  Indiana Code 23-14-31-20

• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
• 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
• urn: means a receptacle designed to encase cremated remains. See Indiana Code 23-14-31-21
• Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5