Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 4 > Article 21.5 > Chapter 5 - Judicial Review

• 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.
• Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
• agent: means a person authorized by the department of state revenue to purchase and affix stamps (as defined by IC 6-7-1-9) on packages of cigarettes. See Indiana Code 22-14-7-1
• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• applicant: means a person who applies for a design release under IC 22-15-3. See Indiana Code 22-15-3.2-1
• applicant: means a person who submits an application for a local plan review. See Indiana Code 22-15-3.3-1
• application: means an application for a design release and any supporting plans and specifications. See Indiana Code 22-15-3.2-2
• application: means an application for a local plan review and any supporting plans and specifications. See Indiana Code 22-15-3.3-2
• 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
• Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
• brand family: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 22-14-7-2
• cigarette: has the meaning set forth in IC 6-7-1-2. See Indiana Code 22-14-7-3
• Clerk: means the clerk of the court or a person authorized to perform the clerk's duties. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• construction activity: refers to any physical improvements to real property undertaken for the purpose of constructing a Class 1 structure that is subject to a local plan review. See Indiana Code 22-15-3.3-3
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• 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.
• design professional: means :

  Indiana Code 22-15-3.2-3

• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. ^Source:
• 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.
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• in writing: include printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Judgment: means all final orders, decrees, and determinations in an action and all orders upon which executions may issue. 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.
• manufacturer: means :

  Indiana Code 22-14-7-4

• minor: means a person less than eighteen (18) years of age. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• 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.
• permittee: includes a successor in interest to an applicant or permittee, a renamed applicant or permittee, a trustee in bankruptcy of an applicant or a permittee, a reorganized form of an applicant or permittee following merger, acquisition, or any other successor entity. See Indiana Code 22-15-7-0.5
• Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
• Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
• Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• quality control and quality assurance program: means the laboratory procedures implemented to ensure that:

  Indiana Code 22-14-7-5

• Remand: When an appellate court sends a case back to a lower court for further proceedings.
• repeatability: means the range of values within which the repeat results of cigarette test trials from a single laboratory will fall ninety-five percent (95%) of the time. See Indiana Code 22-14-7-6
• Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
• retail dealer: means a person, other than a manufacturer or wholesale dealer, that sells cigarettes. See Indiana Code 22-14-7-7
• sale: means any of the following:

  Indiana Code 22-14-7-8

• sell: means to:

  Indiana Code 22-14-7-9

• 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.
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• 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.
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
• unit: means a county, city, or town. See Indiana Code 22-15-3.3-4
• 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
• UPC bar code: means the universal product code or another product identification code that includes:

  Indiana Code 22-14-7-10

• utility scale battery energy storage system: means an energy storage system (as defined in NFPA 855) that is capable of storing and releasing more than one (1) megawatt of electrical energy for a minimum of one (1) hour using an AC inverter and DC storage. See Indiana Code 22-14-8-3
• Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
• Verified: when applied to pleadings, means supported by oath or affirmation in writing. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• wholesale dealer: means any of the following:

  Indiana Code 22-14-7-11

• Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5