Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 4 > Article 32.3 > Chapter 7 - Charity Gaming Enforcement Fund

• 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.
• Arson investigator: means an officer of a unit of local government whose duties include the investigation of arson. See Indiana Code 27-2-13-1
• 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
• Authorized agency: means :

  Indiana Code 27-2-13-1

• Authorized agency: means the state police, the prosecuting attorney responsible for prosecutions in the county where the theft occurred, or any law enforcement agency. See Indiana Code 27-2-14-1
• available insurance proceeds: means the proceeds payable under an insurance policy based upon a claim for damage to or loss of a building or other structure caused by fire or explosion, minus proceeds paid to:

  Indiana Code 27-2-15-1

• Charity: An agency, institution, or organization in existence and operating for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons and conducted for educational, religious, scientific, medical, or other beneficent purposes.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• department: refers to the department of insurance created by IC 27-1-1-1. See Indiana Code 27-2-15-2.5
• enforcement authority: has the meaning set forth in IC 36-7-9-2. See Indiana Code 27-2-15-3
• Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
• 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.
• final settlement: means a determination:

  Indiana Code 27-2-15-3.2

• 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
• Insurer: means an insurance company. See Indiana Code 27-2-14-1
• insurer: means a fire and marine insurance company, as defined in IC 27-1-2-3(u). See Indiana Code 27-2-15-4
• 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.
• Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
• municipality: has the meaning set forth in IC 36-1-2-11. See Indiana Code 27-2-15-4.2
• Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Relevant: refers to information having any tendency to make the existence of any fact that is of consequence to the investigation or determination of a fire loss more probable or less probable than it would have been without the evidence. See Indiana Code 27-2-13-1
• Relevant: means information having any tendency to make the existence of any fact that is of consequence to the investigation or determination of an allegedly fraudulent vehicle theft claim more probable or less probable than it would have been without the evidence. See Indiana Code 27-2-14-1
• 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.
• Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5