Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 4 > Article 33 > Chapter 3 - Indiana Gaming Commission

• Accident and sickness insurance: means any policy or contract of insurance described in classes 1(b), 2(a), 2(b), or 2(l), as defined in IC 27-1-5-1. See Indiana Code 27-8-5.5-1
• accident and sickness insurance: means any policy or contract covering one (1) or more of the kinds of insurance described in classes 1(b) or 2(a) of IC 27-1-5-1, as governed by IC 27-8-5. See Indiana Code 27-8-5.6-1
• accident and sickness insurance policy: has the meaning set forth in IC 27-8-5-1. See Indiana Code 27-8-5.7-1
• accident and sickness insurance policy: means an insurance policy that provides at least one (1) of the types of insurance described in IC 27-1-5-1, Classes 1(b) and 2(a), and is issued on a group basis. See Indiana Code 27-8-5.8-1
• Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
• 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.
• aggregator site: means an Internet web site that provides access to information regarding insurance products from more than one (1) insurer, including product and insurer information, for use in comparison shopping. See Indiana Code 27-7-17-3
• 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.
• Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
• Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
• 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 :

  Indiana Code 27-8-12-1

• applicant: means :

  Indiana Code 27-8-13-5

• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
• 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.
• Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. ^{Source: OCC}
• blanket travel insurance: means a policy of travel insurance issued to any eligible group providing coverage for specific classes of persons defined in the policy with coverage provided to all members of the eligible group without a separate charge to individual members of the eligible group. See Indiana Code 27-7-17-4
• cancellation fee waiver: means a contractual agreement between a supplier of travel services and its customer to waive some or all of the nonrefundable cancellation fee provisions of the supplier's underlying travel contract with or without regard to the reason for the cancellation or form of reimbursement. See Indiana Code 27-7-17-5
• casualty and liability insurance: means the type of insurance described in IC 27-1-5-1, Class 2(h). See Indiana Code 27-7-16-1
• casualty insurance company: has the meaning set forth in IC 27-1-2-3(t). See Indiana Code 27-7-15-1
• casualty insurance company: has the meaning set forth in IC 27-1-2-3(t). See Indiana Code 27-7-16-2
• certificate: means a document issued to a member of the group covered under a group insurance policy, which policy has been delivered or issued for delivery in Indiana, to signify that the individual named in the certificate is covered under the policy. See Indiana Code 27-8-12-2
• certificate: means a certificate:

  Indiana Code 27-8-13-6

• clean claim: means a claim submitted by a provider for payment under an accident and sickness insurance policy issued in Indiana that has no defect, impropriety, or particular circumstance requiring special treatment preventing payment. See Indiana Code 27-8-5.7-2
• Clerk: means the clerk of the court or a person authorized to perform the clerk's duties. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Commissioner: means the insurance commissioner of Indiana. See Indiana Code 27-8-5.5-1
• commissioner: means the insurance commissioner appointed under IC 27-1-1-2. See Indiana Code 27-8-5.8-2
• commissioner: means the insurance commissioner appointed under IC 27-1-1-2. See Indiana Code 27-7-17-6
• Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
• 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.
• covered individual: means an individual who is entitled to:

  Indiana Code 27-7-17.5-1

• covered individual: means an individual entitled to coverage under a health benefit plan. See Indiana Code 27-8-4.9-1
• covered individual: means an individual entitled to coverage under a short term insurance plan. See Indiana Code 27-8-5.9-1
• covered service: means a dental service for which a reimbursement:

  Indiana Code 27-7-17.5-2

• CPT code: refers to the medical billing code that applies to a specific health care service, as published in the Current Procedural Terminology code set maintained by the American Medical Association. See Indiana Code 27-8-5.7-2.5
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• dental plan: means any of the following:

  Indiana Code 27-7-17.5-3

• dental service: means any service provided by a dentist within the scope of the dentist's licensure under IC 25-14. See Indiana Code 27-7-17.5-4
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• eligible group: means two (2) or more persons who are engaged in a common enterprise, or have an economic, educational, or social affinity or relationship, including the following:

  Indiana Code 27-7-17-7

• 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.
• 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.
• fulfillment materials: means documentation sent to the purchaser of a travel protection plan confirming the purchase and providing the travel protection plan's coverage and assistance details. See Indiana Code 27-7-17-8
• Germane: On the subject of the pending bill or other business; a strict standard of relevance.
• Grace period: The number of days you'll have to pay your bill for purchases in full without triggering a finance charge. ^{Source: Federal Reserve}
• group: means a group of individuals who:

  Indiana Code 27-7-15-2

• group: means a group of individuals who:

  Indiana Code 27-7-16-3

• group travel insurance: means travel insurance issued to any eligible group. See Indiana Code 27-7-17-9
• Guarantor: A party who agrees to be responsible for the payment of another party's debts should that party default. ^{Source: OCC}
• 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.
• health benefit plan: means a policy, contract, certificate, or agreement that is entered into, offered by, or issued by an insurer to provide, deliver, arrange for, pay for, or reimburse any of the costs of health care services. See Indiana Code 27-8-4.9-2
• in writing: include printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. ^{Source: FDIC}
• 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.
• insurance policy: means any policy, contract, subscriber agreement, rider, or endorsement delivered or issued for delivery in Indiana by an insurer, a fraternal benefit society, a nonprofit corporation, a health maintenance organization (as defined in IC 27-13-1-19), a limited service health maintenance organization (as defined in IC 27-13-34-4), a preferred provider arrangement, or any other organization. See Indiana Code 27-8-12-4
• Insured: as used in this chapter , shall not be construed as preventing a person other than the insured with a proper insurable interest from making application for and owning a policy covering the insured or from being entitled under such a policy to any indemnities, benefits, and rights provided therein. See Indiana Code 27-8-5-3
• insured: means an individual who is entitled to coverage under an accident and sickness insurance policy. See Indiana Code 27-8-5.8-3
• insurer: means an insurance company issued a certificate of authority in Indiana to issue accident and sickness insurance policies. See Indiana Code 27-8-5.7-3
• Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. ^{Source: OCC}
• Interrogatories: Written questions asked by one party of an opposing party, who must answer them in writing under oath; a discovery device in a lawsuit.
• Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
• issuer: includes :

  Indiana Code 27-8-13-7.3

• 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.
• late enrollee: has the meaning set forth in 26 U. See Indiana Code 27-8-5-19
• 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.
• long term care facility: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 27-8-12-4.5
• long term care insurance policy: means an insurance policy providing coverage for at least twelve (12) consecutive months for each covered person on an expense incurred, indemnity, prepaid, or other basis for one (1) or more necessary diagnostic, preventive, therapeutic, rehabilitative, maintenance, or personal care services provided in a setting other than an acute care wing of a hospital. See Indiana Code 27-8-12-5
• medical record: means written or printed information possessed by a provider (as defined in Ind. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• medicare: means Title XVIII of the federal Social Security Act (42 U. See Indiana Code 27-8-13-1
• Medicare supplement policy: means a group or individual policy of accident and sickness insurance or a subscriber contract of health maintenance organizations that is advertised, marketed, or designed primarily as a supplement to reimbursements under Medicare for the hospital, medical, or surgical expenses of persons eligible for Medicare benefits. See Indiana Code 27-8-13-3
• minor: is a person under the age of eighteen (18) years. See Indiana Code 27-8-5-3
• Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• motor vehicle insurance: means the type of insurance described in IC 27-1-5-1, Class 2(f). See Indiana Code 27-7-15-4
• non-trucking liability insurance: means insurance that provides third party liability coverage for property damage or bodily injury caused by the operation of a for hire motor carrier truck for purposes other than for hire motor carrier truck purposes. See Indiana Code 27-7-15-5
• Oath: includes "affirmation" and "to swear" includes to "affirm". See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
• 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.
• 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, a corporation, a limited liability company, a partnership, or any other legal entity. See Indiana Code 27-7-17.5-5
• Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
• plan sponsor: means a person that establishes, adopts, or maintains a health benefit plan that covers individuals in Indiana. See Indiana Code 27-8-4.9-3
• policy of accident and sickness insurance: as used in this chapter , includes any policy or contract covering one (1) or more of the kinds of insurance described in Class 1(b) or 2(a) of IC 27-1-5-1. See Indiana Code 27-8-5-1
• PPACA: has the meaning set forth in IC 27-19-2-14. See Indiana Code 27-8-5.9-2
• Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
• primary certificate holder: means a person who elects and purchases travel insurance under a group policy. See Indiana Code 27-7-17-10
• primary policyholder: means an individual who elects and purchases individual travel insurance. See Indiana Code 27-7-17-11
• Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• provider: means :

  Indiana Code 27-7-17.5-6

• provider: has the meaning set forth in IC 27-8-11-1. See Indiana Code 27-8-5.7-4
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• 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.
• Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
• 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.
• short term insurance plan: means a policy of accident and sickness insurance (as defined in IC 27-8-5-1) that:

  Indiana Code 27-8-5.9-3

• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• tenant users liability insurance: means insurance that provides liability coverage for property damage or bodily injury to a third party caused by a vendor, exhibitor, or performer during a special event. See Indiana Code 27-7-16-5
• Testify: Answer questions in court.
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• travel protection plan: means a plan that provides one (1) or more of the following:

  Indiana Code 27-7-17-13

• 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
• Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
• Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.
• Verified: when applied to pleadings, means supported by oath or affirmation in writing. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.
• Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5