For purposes of this code, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
"AND." May be read "OR," and "OR" may be read "AND," if the sense requires it.
"ANOTHER." When used to designate the owner of property which is the subject of an offense, includes not only natural persons but also every other owner of property.
"BOARD." The Board of Public Works and Safety.
"CITY," "MUNICIPAL CORPORATION," "MUNICIPALITY," or "TOWN." The municipality of New Castle, Indiana.
"CORPORATE LIMITS" and "CITY LIMITS." The legal boundaries of the city, except as otherwise provided by law.
"COUNCIL." The Common Council of the city.
"COUNTY." Henry County, Indiana.
"IC." Refers to the Indiana Code.
"KEEPER" or "PROPRIETOR." Includes all persons, whether acting by themselves or as a servant, agent, or employee.
"LAND" or "REAL ESTATE." Includes rights and easements of incorporeal nature.
"MAY." The act referred to is permissive.
"MAYOR." The Mayor of the city.
"MONTH." A calendar month.
"MUNICIPALITY." The municipality of New Castle, Indiana.
"OATH." Includes an affirmation.
"OWNER." When applied to property, includes any part owner, joint owner, or tenant in common of the whole or part of such property.
"PERSON." Extends to and includes person, persons, firm, corporation, copartnership, trustee, lessee, or receiver. Whenever used in any clause prescribing and imposing a penalty, the terms "PERSON" or "WHOEVER" as applied to any unincorporated entity shall mean the partners or members thereof, and as applied to corporations, the officers thereof.
"PERSONAL PROPERTY." Includes all property except real.
"PRECEDING" and "FOLLOWING." Next before and next after respectively.
"PREMISES." As applied to property, includes land and buildings.
"PROPERTY." Includes real, personal, mixed estates and interests.
"PUBLIC AUTHORITY." Includes boards of education; the municipal, county, state, or federal government, its officers or an agency thereof; or any duly authorized public official.
"PUBLIC PLACE." Includes any street, sidewalk, park, cemetery, school yard, body of water or watercourse, public conveyance, or any other place for the sale of merchandise, public accommodation, or amusement.
"QUORUM." A majority of the members of a board, commission, or committee holding office, unless otherwise specifically provided by state statute.
"REAL PROPERTY." Includes lands, tenements, and hereditaments.
"REGISTERED MAIL." Includes certified mail.
"SHALL." The act referred to is mandatory.
"SIDEWALK." That portion of the street between the curb line and the adjacent property line intended for the use of pedestrians.
"SIGNATURE" or "SUBSCRIPTION." Includes a mark when the person cannot write.
"STATE." The State of Indiana.
"STREET." Includes alleys, avenues, boulevards, lanes, roads, highways, viaducts, and all other public thoroughfares within the city.
"SUBCHAPTER." A division of a chapter, designated in this code by an underlined heading in the chapter analysis and a capitalized heading in the body of the chapter, setting apart a group of sections related by the subject matter of the heading. Not all chapters have subchapters.
"TENANT" or "OCCUPANT." As applied to premises, includes any person holding a written or oral lease, or who actually occupies the whole or any part of such premises, alone or with others.
"WRITINGand "IN WRITING." Includes any representation of words, letters, or figures, whether by printing or otherwise.
"YEAR." A calendar year, unless otherwise expressed; equivalent to the words "YEAR OF OUR LORD."
('80 Code, § 1-3)