Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 4 > Article 3 > Chapter 22 - Office of Management and Budget

• 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 that applies for a construction permit under this chapter. See Indiana Code 16-19-3.5-1
• application: means an application for a construction permit and any supporting plans and specifications. See Indiana Code 16-19-3.5-2
• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• 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
• Bequest: Property gifted by will.
• center: refers to the state health data center established by this chapter. See Indiana Code 16-19-10-1
• city health department: means a city health department in a second class city. See Indiana Code 16-20-4-2
• Clerk: means the clerk of the court or a person authorized to perform the clerk's duties. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• 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.
• department: refers to the department of homeland security established under IC 10-19-2-1. See Indiana Code 16-19-3.5-2.5
• Devise: To gift property by will.
• director: refers to the director of the office. See Indiana Code 16-19-14-1
• director: means the director of the office of management and budget established by this chapter. See Indiana Code 4-3-22-2
• Donor: The person who makes a gift.
• 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}
• 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.
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• 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 data: means information on the following:

  Indiana Code 16-19-10-2

• in writing: include printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• 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.
• minor: means a person less than eighteen (18) years of age. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• minority: means an individual identified as any of the following:

  Indiana Code 16-19-14-2

• Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• nonresidential onsite sewage system: means all equipment and devices necessary for proper conduction, collection, storage, treatment, and onsite disposal of sewage from a building other than a single family or two-family dwelling. See Indiana Code 16-19-3.5-3.5
• office: refers to the office of women's health established by this chapter. See Indiana Code 16-19-13-1
• office: refers to the office of minority health established by this chapter. See Indiana Code 16-19-14-3
• 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.
• plan review: means a review of plans for construction, modification, or installation of a project to determine if the plans comply with the state department's rules. See Indiana Code 16-19-3.5-4
• Population: has the meaning set forth in Ind. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Probate: Proving a will
• project: means a project:

  Indiana Code 16-19-3.5-5

• Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• real property: include lands, tenements, and hereditaments. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• 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
• Veto: The procedure established under the Constitution by which the President/Governor refuses to approve a bill or joint resolution and thus prevents its enactment into law. A regular veto occurs when the President/Governor returns the legislation to the house in which it originated. The President/Governor usually returns a vetoed bill with a message indicating his reasons for rejecting the measure. In Congress, the veto can be overridden only by a two-thirds vote in both the Senate and the House.
• Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5