Terms Used In Delaware Code > Title 14 > Chapter 55 - Scholarships

• Agent: shall mean any person authorized by the State to purchase and affix tax stamps on packages of cigarettes. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 7116
• Animal shelter: means a public or private facility which includes a physical structure that provides temporary or permanent shelter to stray, abandoned, abused, or owner-surrendered animals and is operated, owned, or maintained by an incorporated humane society, animal welfare society, or other nonprofit organization for the purpose of providing for and promoting the welfare, protection, and humane treatment of animals. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 3041F
• Animal welfare officer: means an individual employed by the Department or employed by an independent contractor of the Department or by a municipality for the purpose of enforcing dog control laws, rules, regulations, and ordinances. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 3041F
• 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.
• 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.
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Bank: means a Delaware state bank, out-of-state state bank, Delaware national bank or out-of-state national bank. See Delaware Code Title 5 Sec. 795
• Bank holding company: has the meaning specified in the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended, 12 U. See Delaware Code Title 5 Sec. 795
• banks: when used in this chapter, do not include such national banks, except as otherwise provided in subchapters VI and VII of this chapter. See Delaware Code Title 5 Sec. 701
• Bequest: Property gifted by will.
• Branch office: has the meaning specified in § 770 of this title. See Delaware Code Title 5 Sec. 795
• Cigarette: means :

  a. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 7116

• Clerk: means clerk of election. See Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 101
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• 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.
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Delaware state bank: means a bank (as defined in § 101 of this title) chartered under the laws of this State. See Delaware Code Title 5 Sec. 795
• Department: means the Department of Health and Social Services. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 3041F
• Devise: To gift property by will.
• Director: means the Director of the Division of Public Health, or such persons as may be designated by the Director. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 101
• Distribute: shall mean to issue, give, transfer or otherwise dispose of. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 7102
• Division: means the Division of Public Health. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 101
• Dog: means any dog or dog hybrid. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 3041F
• 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.
• Explosive materials: means explosives, blasting agents and detonators as follows:

  a. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 7102

• Explosive-actuated devices: shall mean any tool or special mechanized device which is actuated by explosives, other than smokeless propellants. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 7102
• Explosives: means any chemical compound mixture or device the primary or common purpose of which is to function by explosion. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 7102
• 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.
• Freedom of Information Act: A federal law that mandates that all the records created and kept by federal agencies in the executive branch of government must be open for public inspection and copying. The only exceptions are those records that fall into one of nine exempted categories listed in the statute. ^{Source: OCC}
• Fugitive from justice: shall mean any person who has fled from the jurisdiction of any court of record to avoid prosecution for any crime or to avoid giving testimony in any criminal proceeding. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 7102
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• Issuing authorities: shall mean the State Fire Marshal and such local fire marshals as and to the extent the State Fire Marshal shall so designate. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 7102
• 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.
• Manufacturer: shall mean :

  a. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 7116

• Merger: includes merger, consolidation and the purchase or sale of all or substantially all assets. See Delaware Code Title 5 Sec. 795
• Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
• Out-of-state state bank: means a state bank, as defined in the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, as amended, at 12 U. See Delaware Code Title 5 Sec. 795
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Owner: means any person who owns, keeps, harbors, or is the custodian of a dog. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 3041F
• 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 any individual, corporation, company, association, firm, partnership, society or joint stock company. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 7102
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Primary enclosure: means any structure used or designed for use to restrict a dog to a limited amount of space, including a room, pen, cage, compartment, or hutch. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 3041F
• Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
• Propellant-actuated power devices or tools: shall mean any tool or special mechanized device or gas generator system which is actuated by smokeless propellant or which releases and directs work through a smokeless propellant charge. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 7102
• Quality control and quality assurance program: shall mean the laboratory procedures implemented to ensure that operator bias systematic and nonsystematic methodological errors and equipment-related problems do not affect the results of the testing. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 7116
• 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.
• Repeatability: shall mean the range of values within which the repeat results of cigarette test trials from a single laboratory will fall 95 percent of the time. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 7116
• Retail dealer: shall mean any person other than a manufacturer or wholesale dealer engaged in selling cigarettes or tobacco products. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 7116
• Retail dog outlet: means any premises where dogs are sold, or offered or maintained for sale, on a retail basis. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 3041F
• Sale: means in addition to its usual meaning, any sale, transfer, exchange, theft, barter, gift or offer for sale and distribution, in any manner or by any means whatsoever. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 7116
• Savings and loan holding company: has the meaning specified in the Home Owners' Loan Act, as amended, at 12 U. See Delaware Code Title 5 Sec. 795
• Secretary: means the Secretary of the Department of Health and Social Services or such persons as may be designated by the Secretary. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 101
• Sell: shall mean to sell or to offer or agree to do the same. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 7116
• State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
• State Fire Marshal: shall mean the Delaware State Fire Marshal or the State Fire Marshal's deputies. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 7116
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• 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 its territories and possessions and the District of Columbia. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
• Wholesale dealer: shall mean any person who sells cigarettes or tobacco products to retail dealers or other persons for purposes of resale, and any person who owns, operates or maintains 1 or more cigarette or tobacco product vending machines in, at or upon premises owned or occupied by any other person. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 7116
• Year: means a calendar year, and is equivalent to the words "year of our Lord. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302