Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 32 > Article 21 > Chapter 3 - Effect of Recording

• 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
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• conveyance: means :

  Indiana Code 32-21-3-1

• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• 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.
• Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
• Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
• grantor: has the meaning set forth in IC 32-17-1-1. See Indiana Code 32-21-3-2
• 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}
• proof: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 32-21-3-2.5
• Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.