Terms Used In Delaware Code > Title 11 > Chapter 27 > Subchapter II - Venue

• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• Child: means a person who has not reached the age of 18 years. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Court: means the Superior Court of the State of Delaware. See Delaware Code Title 10 Sec. 7103
• Criminal nuisance: means any real property at which:

  a. See Delaware Code Title 10 Sec. 7103

• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• 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.
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• Lawsuit: A legal action started by a plaintiff against a defendant based on a complaint that the defendant failed to perform a legal duty, resulting in harm to the plaintiff.
• Non-consensual: means "without consent" as defined under § 761 of Title 11. See Delaware Code Title 10 Sec. 7202
• Owner: means any person in whom is vested the ownership and title of property, and who is the owner of record. See Delaware Code Title 10 Sec. 7103
• Person: means a human being who has been born and is alive, and, where appropriate, a public or private corporation, a trust, a firm, a joint stock company, a union, an unincorporated association, a partnership, a government or a governmental instrumentality. See Delaware Code Title 10 Sec. 7103
• Petitioner: means the person named in a petition seeking a sexual violence protective order, or any named victim of non-consensual sexual conduct or non-consensual sexual penetration on whose behalf the petition is brought, and who is not a member of a protected class under § 1041(2)a. See Delaware Code Title 10 Sec. 7202
• Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
• premises: includes any building, structure, erection, or any separate part or portion thereof, whether used as a residence, for commercial purposes or a house of worship, or the ground itself. See Delaware Code Title 10 Sec. 7103
• Respondent: means the person alleged to have engaged in the conduct giving rise to the petitioner's desire to seek a sexual violence protective order. See Delaware Code Title 10 Sec. 7202
• 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.
• Sexual conduct: means any of the following:

  a. See Delaware Code Title 10 Sec. 7202

• Sexual penetration: means any contact, however slight, between the sex organ or anus of 1 person by an object, the sex organ, mouth, or anus of another person, or any intrusion, however slight, of any part of the body of 1 person, or of any animal, or object into the sex organ or anus of another person, including cunnilingus, fellatio, or anal penetration. See Delaware Code Title 10 Sec. 7202
• Sexual violence protective order: means an ex parte temporary order or final order granted under this chapter which includes a remedy specified by § 7204 or § 7205 of this title. See Delaware Code Title 10 Sec. 7202
• 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
• Testify: Answer questions in court.
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• Year: means a calendar year, and is equivalent to the words "year of our Lord. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302