Terms Used In Delaware Code > Title 16 > Chapter 30F > Subchapter III - Enforcement of Animal Welfare Laws

• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• Cigarette: means :

  a. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 7116

• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• 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.
• Explosive materials: means explosives, blasting agents and detonators as follows:

  a. 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

• 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.
• Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
• 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
• 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
• 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.
• 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