Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 4 > Article 23 > Chapter 9 - Publication and Distribution of Reports of Indiana Academy of Science

• 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
• commission: means compensation that accrues to a sales representative, for payment by a principal, at a rate expressed as a percentage of the dollar amount of orders taken or sales made by the sales representative. See Indiana Code 24-4-7-1
• 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.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• direct molding process: means any process by which a manufactured watercraft or its component part is used as a plug for the making of a mold from which a duplicate of the watercraft or component is made. See Indiana Code 24-4-8-1
• 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
• mold: means any pattern, hollow form, matrix, or other device for giving shape or form to material in a plastic or molten state. See Indiana Code 24-4-8-2
• 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.
• person: means an individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, unincorporated association, estate, or trust. See Indiana Code 24-4-7-2
• Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
• plug: means a manufactured item used to make a mold. See Indiana Code 24-4-8-3
• principal: means a person who:

  Indiana Code 24-4-7-3

• sales representative: means a person who:

  Indiana Code 24-4-7-4

• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
• watercraft: means any instrumentality or device in or by means of which a person may be transported upon waters and includes a motorboat, sailboat, rowboat, skiff, dinghy, or canoe of whatever length or size. See Indiana Code 24-4-8-4
• Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5