Terms Used In Delaware Code > Title 10 > Chapter 49 > Subchapter XIV - Miscellaneous Provisions

• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• Building: means any structure, building, edifice or part thereof;

  (2) "Chief of Building Inspections" means the Chief of Building Inspections for Kent County as appointed by the Kent County Levy Court or the Chief's designee or the Acting Chief of Building Inspections for Kent County as appointed by the Kent County Levy Court or the Acting Chief's designee;

  (3) "Construction" means alteration, removal, demolition, addition, repair or construction of any new or old building. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 4401

• County: shall mean Kent County. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 4601
• county sewer district: shall mean any sewage disposal district or sanitary district established pursuant to this chapter. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 4601
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• 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.
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
• sanitary district: shall mean a county sewer district established to provide 1 or more facilities necessary or convenient for the collection of sewage, the treatment of such sewage and delivery of such treated effluent into the facilities of a sewage disposal district for final treatment. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 4601
• sewage: shall mean all types of human or animal waste, industrial or commercial waste or any other waste suitable for treatment and disposal through the facilities of sewage treatment plants. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 4601
• sewage disposal district: shall mean a county sewer district established to provide 1 or more sewer facilities necessary or convenient for the transmission, final treatment and disposal of effluent received from the sewage collection facilities of a sanitary sewer district or from any other source as specifically provided herein. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 4601
• Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.