Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 4 > Article 6 > Chapter 9 - Consumer Protection Division

• 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
• avgas: means aviation fuel used in piston engine powered aircraft within the general aviation community. See Indiana Code 16-44-2-0.5
• biological product: means :

  Indiana Code 16-42-25-1

• biosimilar: refers to a biological product that:

  Indiana Code 16-42-25-2

• brand name: means the proprietary or trade name selected by the drug manufacturer and placed upon a drug or the drug's container, label, or wrappings at the time of packaging. See Indiana Code 16-42-22-1
• 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.
• controlled substance: has the meaning set forth in IC 35-48-1. See Indiana Code 16-42-21-1
• customer: means the individual for whom a prescription is written or electronically transmitted or the individual's representative. See Indiana Code 16-42-22-3
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• drug sample: means a legend drug or a controlled substance that is manufactured, packaged, labeled, or otherwise marketed to be distributed and dispensed without consideration. See Indiana Code 16-42-21-2
• 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.
• gasoline: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 16-44-2-1
• generically equivalent drug product: means a multiple source drug product:

  Indiana Code 16-42-22-4

• 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.
• interchangeable: means :

  Indiana Code 16-42-25-3

• jet fuel: means aviation fuel designed for use in aircraft powered by gas-turbine engines. See Indiana Code 16-44-2-1.5
• 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.
• kerosene: means any light fuel oil:

  Indiana Code 16-44-2-2

• minor: means a person less than eighteen (18) years of age. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• MTBE: refers to the gasoline additive methyl tertiary butyl ether. See Indiana Code 16-44-2-2.4
• petroleum products: includes the following:

  Indiana Code 16-44-2-3

• practitioner: means any of the following:

  Indiana Code 16-42-21-3

• practitioner: means any of the following:

  Indiana Code 16-42-22-4.5

• 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.
• prescriber: means any of the following:

  Indiana Code 16-42-27-1

• Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
• 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.
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• substitute: means to dispense a generically equivalent drug product in place of the brand name drug product prescribed by the practitioner. See Indiana Code 16-42-22-5
• Uniform Commercial Code: A set of statutes enacted by the various states to provide consistency among the states' commercial laws. It includes negotiable instruments, sales, stock transfers, trust and warehouse receipts, and bills of lading. ^{Source: OCC}
• 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