Terms Used In Delaware Code > Title 18 > Chapter 62 > Subchapter VII - Miscellaneous

• Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
• Association: means the Delaware Insurance Guaranty Association created under § 4206 of this title. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 4205
• Certificate: shall mean the document issued as written evidence of the benefit contract. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 6204
• Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Insurance of this State. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 4205
• Commissioner: shall mean the Commissioner of Insurance of this State. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 6204
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• 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.
• Insolvent insurer: means an insurer licensed to transact insurance in this State, either at the time the policy was issued or when the insured event occurred, and against whom an order of liquidation with a finding of insolvency has been entered after July 5, 1991, by a court of competent jurisdiction in the state of domicile or in this State under Chapter 59 of this title and which order of liquidation has not been stayed or been the subject of a writ of supersedeas or other comparable order. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 4205
• Laws: shall mean the society's certificate of incorporation, constitution and bylaws, however designated. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 6204
• Member insurer: means any person who:

  a. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 4205

• Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
• Society: shall mean fraternal benefit society, unless otherwise indicated. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 6204
• 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
• Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.
• Year: means a calendar year, and is equivalent to the words "year of our Lord. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302