Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 4 > Article 3 > Chapter 9 - Transfer of Land to United States Government for Location of Federal Projects in Indiana

• Agency of the state: means any officer, agency, department, board, bureau, commission, division or institution of the state of Indiana, the trustees or board of directors of any corporation of the state or body politic of the state supported in whole or in part by appropriations from the state, and the trustees of any state-supported university. See Indiana Code 4-3-9-1
• 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
• 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
• Bequest: Property gifted by will.
• board: refers to the Indiana dairy industry development board established by section 9 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 15-18-5-1
• board: refers to the Indiana standardbred advisory board established by section 2 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 15-19-2-1
• commercial use: means sale for:

  Indiana Code 15-18-5-2

• 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.
• 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.
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• Devise: To gift property by will.
• director: refers to the director of the Indiana state department of agriculture or the director's designee. See Indiana Code 15-18-5-3
• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• 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.
• Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
• Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
• 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.
• horse: includes a stallion, mare, filly, gelding, colt, donkey, or mule. See Indiana Code 15-19-3-2
• interest in land: means both legal and equitable title and interest in land. See Indiana Code 4-3-9-1
• 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
• 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.
• Land: means both unimproved and improved land. See Indiana Code 4-3-9-1
• 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.
• milk: means any class of milk produced by dairy cows in Indiana. See Indiana Code 15-18-5-4
• Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• 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 partnership, a limited liability company, a public or private corporation, a political subdivision (as defined in IC 36-1-2-13), a cooperative, a society, an association, or a fiduciary. See Indiana Code 15-18-5-5
• producer: means a person engaged in the production of milk in Indiana for commercial use, including a producer-processor. See Indiana Code 15-18-5-6
• producer-processor: means a producer who processes and markets the producer's own milk. See Indiana Code 15-18-5-7
• qualified program: means a state or regional dairy product promotion, research, or nutrition education program that:

  Indiana Code 15-18-5-8

• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• race: means :

  Indiana Code 15-19-3-3

• 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.
• Transfer: means a gift, grant, conveying, exchange, lease, or sale. See Indiana Code 4-3-9-1
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
• 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
• United States of America: shall include the United States government and any agency or entity thereof. See Indiana Code 4-3-9-1
• Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5