Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 34 > Article 59 - Uniform Unsworn Foreign Declarations Act

• 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.
• boundaries of the United States: means the geographic boundaries of:

  Indiana Code 34-59-1-2

• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.
• 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.
• law: includes the following:

  Indiana Code 34-59-1-3

• Oath: includes "affirmation" and "to swear" includes to "affirm". See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
• record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. See Indiana Code 34-59-1-4
• state: means any of the following:

  Indiana Code 34-59-1-6

• sworn declaration: means a declaration in a signed record given under oath. See Indiana Code 34-59-1-7
• 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
• unsworn declaration: means a declaration in a signed record that is not given under oath but is given under penalty of perjury. See Indiana Code 34-59-1-8