Terms Used In Delaware Code > Title 21 > Chapter 67 - Theft, Unauthorized Use and Damage to Motor Vehicles

• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Appraisal: A determination of property value.
• Appraisal: shall mean an analysis, opinion, or conclusion relating to the nature, quality, value, or utility of specified interests in, or aspects of, identified real estate as of a specific date. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 4002
• Appraisal management company: means a corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, subsidiary or other business entity that directly or indirectly performs appraisal management services, regardless of the use of the term "appraisal management company" "mortgage technology provider" "lender processing services" "lender services" "loan processor" "mortgage services" "real estate closing services provider" "settlement services provider" "vendor management company" or any other term, and that does any of the following:

  a. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 4002

• Appraisal review: means the act or process of developing and communicating an opinion about the quality of another appraiser's work that was performed as part of an appraisal assignment, but does not include an examination of an appraisal for grammatical, typographical or other similar errors that do not communicate an opinion related to the appraiser's data collection, analysis, opinions, conclusions, estimate of value or compliance with the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 4002
• Appraiser panel: means a group of independent appraisers that has been selected by an appraisal management company to perform real property appraisal services for the appraisal management company. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 4002
• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• Attorney-at-law: A person who is legally qualified and licensed to practice law, and to represent and act for clients in legal proceedings.
• Board: shall mean the State Board of Home Inspectors established in this chapter. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 4102
• Broker: means any individual who holds a broker license from the Delaware Real Estate Commission and who for a compensation or valuable consideration, is self-employed or is employed directly or indirectly by a brokerage organization to sell or offer to sell, or to buy or offer to buy, or to negotiate the purchase, sale, or exchange of real estate, or to lease or rent or offer for rent any real estate, or to negotiate leases or rental agreements thereof or of the improvements thereon for others. See Delaware Code Title 25 Sec. 2602
• Brokerage agreement: means any written agreement for the payment for brokerage services of a broker for the management, sale, purchase, lease, or other conveyance or acquisition of commercial real estate. See Delaware Code Title 25 Sec. 2602
• Car sharing delivery period: means the period of time during which a shared vehicle is being delivered to the location of the car sharing start time, if applicable, as documented by the governing car sharing program agreement. See Delaware Code Title 21 Sec. 8602
• Car sharing period: means the period of time that commences with the car sharing delivery period or, if there is no car sharing delivery period, that commences with the car sharing start time and in either case ends at the car sharing termination time. See Delaware Code Title 21 Sec. 8602
• Car sharing program agreement: means the terms and conditions applicable to a shared vehicle owner and a shared vehicle driver that govern the use of a shared vehicle through a peer-to-peer car sharing program. See Delaware Code Title 21 Sec. 8602
• Car sharing start time: means the time when the shared vehicle becomes subject to the control of the shared vehicle driver at or after the time the reservation of a shared vehicle is scheduled to begin as documented in the records of a peer-to-peer car sharing program. See Delaware Code Title 21 Sec. 8602
• Car sharing termination time: means the earliest of any of the following events:

  a. See Delaware Code Title 21 Sec. 8602

• Commercial real estate: means any estate or interest owned in:

  a. See Delaware Code Title 25 Sec. 2602

• Commissioner: means the State Bank Commissioner. See Delaware Code Title 5 Sec. 2701
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Controlling person: means any of the following:

  a. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 4002

• conveying: means a sale, lease, exchange, or other transfer of any estate or interest in commercial real estate. See Delaware Code Title 25 Sec. 2602
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Council: shall mean the State Council on Real Estate Appraisers established in this chapter. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 4002
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Division: shall mean the State Division of Professional Regulation. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 4102
• Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
• Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
• Home: shall mean any residential property, or manufactured or modular home, which is a single-family dwelling, duplex, triplex, quadruplex, condominium unit, or cooperative unit. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 4102
• Home inspection: shall mean a visual analysis for the purposes of providing a written professional opinion of the condition of a building and its carports and garages, any reasonably accessible installed components and the operation of the building systems, including the controls normally operated by the owner, for the following components of a residential building of 4 units or fewer: heating system; electrical system; cooling system; plumbing system; structural components; foundation; roof covering; exterior and interior components; and site aspects as they affect the building. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 4102
• Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. ^{Source: FDIC}
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• Licensed casher of checks: means any individual, partnership, unincorporated association or corporation duly licensed by the State Bank Commissioner to engage in business pursuant to this chapter. See Delaware Code Title 5 Sec. 2701
• Licensed home inspector: shall mean a person, who has met the licensing requirements of this chapter and who holds a current, valid license issued under this chapter. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 4102
• Licensee: means a licensed casher of checks, drafts or money orders. See Delaware Code Title 5 Sec. 2701
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• National Bank: A bank that is subject to the supervision of the Comptroller of the Currency. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is a bureau of the U.S. Treasury Department. A national bank can be recognized because it must have "national" or "national association" in its name. ^{Source: OCC}
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Peer-to-peer car sharing: means the authorized use of a vehicle by an individual other than the vehicle's owner through a peer-to-peer car sharing program. See Delaware Code Title 21 Sec. 8602
• Peer-to-peer car sharing program: means a business platform that connects vehicle owners with drivers to enable the sharing of vehicles for financial consideration. See Delaware Code Title 21 Sec. 8602
• Person: shall mean an individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association, joint stock company, limited partnership, limited liability company, and any other legal entity and includes a legal successor of those entities. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 4002
• Person: shall mean an individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association, joint stock company, limited partnership, limited liability company, and any other legal entity and includes a legal successor of those entities. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 4102
• Personal supervision: shall mean the active oversight by the licensed home inspector of the home inspector trainee. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 4102
• Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
• Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
• Real property: shall mean 1 or more defined interests, benefits, and rights inherent in the ownership of real estate. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 4002
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
• Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
• 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.
• Shared vehicle: means a vehicle that is available for sharing through a peer-to-peer car sharing program. See Delaware Code Title 21 Sec. 8602
• Shared vehicle driver: means an individual who has been authorized to drive the shared vehicle by the shared vehicle owner under a car sharing program agreement. See Delaware Code Title 21 Sec. 8602
• Shared vehicle owner: means the registered owner, or a person or entity designated by the registered owner of a vehicle made available for sharing to shared vehicle drivers through a peer-to-peer car sharing program. See Delaware Code Title 21 Sec. 8602
• State: shall mean the State of Delaware. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 4002
• State: shall mean the State of Delaware. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 4102
• Substantially related: shall mean the nature of the criminal conduct for which the person was convicted, has a direct bearing on the fitness or ability to perform 1 or more of the duties or responsibilities necessarily related to the practice of real estate appraisal. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 4002
• Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
• Trainee: shall mean a person who has satisfied the requirements as set forth in § 4109 of this title and any requirements as set forth in the rules and regulations as established by the Board. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 4102