Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 3 > Article 12 > Chapter 13 - Risk-Limiting Audits

• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• basin: refers to the Kankakee River basin and the Yellow River basin. See Indiana Code 14-13-9-1
• commission: refers to the river marina development commission. See Indiana Code 14-13-4-1
• commission: refers to the Ohio River greenway development commission established by this chapter. See Indiana Code 14-13-5-1
• commission: refers to the Wabash River heritage corridor commission established by this chapter. See Indiana Code 14-13-6-2
• commission: refers to the Kankakee River basin and Yellow River basin development commission established by this chapter. See Indiana Code 14-13-9-2
• 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.
• corridor: means the strip of land in Indiana abutting the Ohio River and the immediate tributaries of the Ohio River. See Indiana Code 14-13-4-2
• corridor: means the land:

  Indiana Code 14-13-5-2

• corridor: refers to the Wabash River heritage corridor. See Indiana Code 14-13-6-3
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Devise: To gift property by will.
• 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.
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• incorrect outcome: means an outcome that is inconsistent with an election outcome that would be obtained by conducting a full recount. See Indiana Code 3-12-13-2
• Kankakee River basin: means the following areas drained by the Kankakee River and the tributaries of the Kankakee River:

  Indiana Code 14-13-9-3

• 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.
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• 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.
• Personal property: includes goods, chattels, evidences of debt, and things in action. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Population: has the meaning set forth in Ind. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• post-election audit: means an audit protocol that makes use of statistical methods and is designed to limit to acceptable levels the risk of certifying a preliminary election outcome that constitutes an incorrect outcome. See Indiana Code 3-12-13-3
• Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• real property: include lands, tenements, and hereditaments. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• 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.
• Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• taxable parcel: refers to a parcel that is not exempt from property taxation under Indiana Code 14-13-9-4
• 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
• Wabash River: includes the following:

  Indiana Code 14-13-6-4

• Wabash River heritage corridor: means the strip of land in Indiana abutting:

  Indiana Code 14-13-6-5

• Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Yellow River basin: means the area in Marshall County, Starke County, and St. See Indiana Code 14-13-9-5