Terms Used In Delaware Code > Title 11 > Chapter 84 - Delaware Police Training Program

• Adult: means a natural person 18 years of age or older. See Delaware Code Title 12 Sec. 260
• Allegation: something that someone says happened.
• Approved school: means a school authorized by the Council to provide a mandatory training and education for police officers as prescribed in this chapter. See Delaware Code Title 11 Sec. 8401
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Body-worn camera: means an electronic device that is worn by a law-enforcement officer and records audio and video data on the device itself or transmits audio and video data to another location for recording. See Delaware Code Title 11 Sec. 8401
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Council: means the Council on Police Training. See Delaware Code Title 11 Sec. 8401
• Decedent: A deceased person.
• Declarant: means a competent adult who signs a declaration pursuant to the provisions of this article. See Delaware Code Title 12 Sec. 260
• Declaration instrument: means a written instrument, signed by a declarant, governing the disposition of the declarant's last remains and the ceremonies planned after a declarant's death, including a document governing the disposition of last remains under this title or a United States Department of Defense Record of Emergency Data Form (DD Form 93) or any successor form executed by the declarant. See Delaware Code Title 12 Sec. 260
• Emergency: means the respondent is in danger of incurring imminent serious physical harm or substantial economic loss or expense. See Delaware Code Title 12 Sec. 39A-101
• 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.
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• Last remains: means the deceased's body or cremains after death. See Delaware Code Title 12 Sec. 260
• Permanent appointment: means appointment by the authority of any municipality or governmental unit in or of this State or the University of Delaware to permanent status as a police officer. See Delaware Code Title 11 Sec. 8401
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Police officer: means a sworn member of a police force or other law-enforcement agency of this State or of any county or municipality who is responsible for the prevention and the detection of crime and the enforcement of laws of this State or other governmental units within the State. See Delaware Code Title 11 Sec. 8401
• Probate: Proving a will
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. See Delaware Code Title 12 Sec. 39A-101
• Seasonal appointment: means appointment for less than 6 months each year but more than 4 weeks for police duties necessitated by seasonal demands. See Delaware Code Title 11 Sec. 8401
• State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, a federally recognized Indian tribe, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 12 Sec. 39A-101
• Testator: A male person who leaves a will at death.
• United States: includes its territories and possessions and the District of Columbia. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
• Unreasonable: means an act that is clearly unreasonable, pursuant to the definition of "reasonable under the circumstances" under paragraph (6) of this section. See Delaware Code Title 12 Sec. 260
• Year: means a calendar year, and is equivalent to the words "year of our Lord. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302