Delaware Code Title 10 Sec. 8115 – Forfeiture under penal statute
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No civil action for a forfeiture upon a penal statute, whether at the suit of the party aggrieved, or of a common informer, or of the State, or otherwise, shall be brought after the expiration of 1 year from the accruing of the cause of such action.
Code 1852, § ?2749; Code 1915, § ?4678; Code 1935, § ?5136; 10 Del. C. 1953, § ?8114;
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 10 Sec. 8115
- 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
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
- Year: means a calendar year, and is equivalent to the words "year of our Lord. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302