Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 4 > Article 33 > Chapter 12.5 - Distribution of Admissions Tax Revenue to Certain Municipalities

• 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.
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• 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
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• construction: has the meaning set forth in IC 8-14-1-1(4). See Indiana Code 4-33-12.5-1
• 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.
• corporation: means a bank, trust company, or savings association organized or reorganized under the provisions of this article and any bank of discount and deposit, loan and trust and safe deposit company, trust company, or savings association. See Indiana Code 28-1-5-1
• corporation: means :

  Indiana Code 28-1-7-1

• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• depository financial institution: has the meaning set forth in IC 28-1-1-6, but does not include a credit union. See Indiana Code 28-1-7.1-1
• eligible municipalities: means the following cities and towns located in Lake County:

  Indiana Code 4-33-12.5-2

• Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}
• 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.
• Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
• Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• highways: has the meaning set forth in IC 8-14-1-1(3). See Indiana Code 4-33-12.5-3
• holding company: refers to a corporation that:

  Indiana Code 28-1-7.5-1

• in writing: include printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies.
• 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.
• 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.
• maintenance: has the meaning set forth in IC 8-14-1-1(6). See Indiana Code 4-33-12.5-4
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• National Bank: A bank that is subject to the supervision of the Comptroller of the Currency. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is a bureau of the U.S. Treasury Department. A national bank can be recognized because it must have "national" or "national association" in its name. ^{Source: OCC}
• Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
• Population: has the meaning set forth in Ind. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• reconstruction: has the meaning set forth in IC 8-14-1-1(5). See Indiana Code 4-33-12.5-5
• Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
• 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.
• shareholder: means a person who is a holder of record of shares of stock in a corporation, including a member of a share account association or a deposit association, as those terms are defined in IC 28-15-1. See Indiana Code 28-1-5-1
• standard conversion: refers to a transaction permitted under any of the following:

  Indiana Code 28-1-7.1-2

• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• stock savings bank: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 28-1-7.5-1
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
• 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
• Verified: when applied to pleadings, means supported by oath or affirmation in writing. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5