Terms Used In Delaware Code > Title 21 > Chapter 84 - New Recreational Vehicle or New Recreational Trailer Manufacturer-Dealer Agreements [For Application of This Chapter, See 79 Del. Laws, C. 161, &Sect; 5]

• Area of sales responsibility: means the geographical area, agreed to by the new recreational vehicle dealer and the manufacturer in the manufacturer-dealer agreement, within which the new recreational vehicle dealer has the exclusive right to display or sell the manufacturer's new recreational vehicles and new recreational trailers of a particular line-make to the retail public. See Delaware Code Title 21 Sec. 8402
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
• 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.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• 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.
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Distributor: means a person, firm, corporation, or business entity that purchases new recreational vehicles or new recreational trailers from a manufacturer for resale to new recreational vehicle dealers. See Delaware Code Title 21 Sec. 8402
• Family member: means a spouse, child, grandchild, parent, sibling, niece, or nephew, or the spouse thereof. See Delaware Code Title 21 Sec. 8402
• Fifth-wheel trailer: means a vehicle, mounted on wheels, designed to provide temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, or travel use. See Delaware Code Title 21 Sec. 8402
• Folding camping trailer: means a vehicle that is mounted on wheels and constructed with collapsible partial side walls that fold for towing by another vehicle and unfold at the campsite to provide temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, or travel use. See Delaware Code Title 21 Sec. 8402
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• 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}
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• Line-make: means a specific series of new recreational vehicles or new recreational trailers that:

  a. See Delaware Code Title 21 Sec. 8402

• Manufacturer: means a person, firm, corporation, or business entity that engages in the manufacturing of new recreational vehicles or new recreational trailers. See Delaware Code Title 21 Sec. 8402
• Manufacturer-dealer agreement: means a written agreement or contract entered into between a manufacturer and a new recreational vehicle dealer that fixes the rights and responsibilities of the parties and pursuant to which the new recreational vehicle dealer sells new recreational vehicles or new recreational trailers. See Delaware Code Title 21 Sec. 8402
• New recreational trailer: means a travel trailer, fifth-wheel trailer, or folding camping trailer which has not been titled. See Delaware Code Title 21 Sec. 8402
• New recreational vehicle: means a motorhome which has not been titled. See Delaware Code Title 21 Sec. 8402
• New recreational vehicle dealer: means a person, firm, corporation, or business entity who is engaged in the business of buying, selling, or exchanging new recreational vehicles or new recreational trailers. See Delaware Code Title 21 Sec. 8402
• Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
• Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
• Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
• Supplier: means any person, firm, corporation, or business entity that engages in the manufacturing of new recreational vehicle or new recreational trailer parts, accessories, or components. See Delaware Code Title 21 Sec. 8402
• Transient customer: means a customer who is temporarily traveling through a new recreational vehicle dealer's area of sales responsibility. See Delaware Code Title 21 Sec. 8402
• Travel trailer: means a vehicle, mounted on wheels, designed to provide temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, or travel use. See Delaware Code Title 21 Sec. 8402
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
• Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
• Warrantor: means any person, firm, corporation, or business entity, including any manufacturer or supplier that provides a written warranty to the consumer in connection with a new recreational vehicle or new recreational trailer, or parts, accessories, or components thereof. See Delaware Code Title 21 Sec. 8402
• Year: means a calendar year, and is equivalent to the words "year of our Lord. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302