Terms Used In Delaware Code > Title 24 > Chapter 14 - Board of Electrical Examiners

• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• 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.
• Apprentice electrician: shall mean a person who is licensed by the Board and whose principal occupation is the learning and assisting in the performance of electrical services. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1402
• Architect: shall mean any person who engages in the practice of architecture as hereinafter defined. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 302
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Bequest: Property gifted by will.
• Board: shall mean the Delaware State Board of Landscape Architecture. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 201
• Board: shall mean the Board of Architects established by § 8735(a)(3) of Title 29 and this chapter. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 302
• Board: shall mean the State Board of Electrical Examiners established in this chapter. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1402
• Building: means any multi-unit building or buildings or complex thereof, whether in vertical or horizontal arrangement, as well as other improvements comprising a part of the property and used or intended for use for residential, commercial or industrial purposes or for any other lawful purpose or for any combination of such uses. See Delaware Code Title 25 Sec. 2202
• Certificate of registration: shall mean any document which indicates that a person is currently registered with the Board of Architects. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 302
• Code of regulations: means such governing regulations as are adopted pursuant to this chapter for the regulation and management of the property, including such amendments thereof as may be adopted from time to time. See Delaware Code Title 25 Sec. 2202
• Commission: means the Public Service Commission. See Delaware Code Title 26 Sec. 102
• Common elements: means and includes:

  a. See Delaware Code Title 25 Sec. 2202

• Common expenses: means and includes:

  a. See Delaware Code Title 25 Sec. 2202

• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
• 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.
• Council: means a board of natural individuals of the number stated in the code of regulations all of whom shall be either residents of this State or unit owners, as defined in paragraph (21) of this section, but need not be both, and who shall manage the business operation and affairs of the property on behalf of the unit owners and in compliance with and subject to the provisions of this chapter. See Delaware Code Title 25 Sec. 2202
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Declaration: means the instrument by which the owner in fee simple or lessee of the property submits it to the provisions of this chapter as hereinafter provided and all amendments thereof. See Delaware Code Title 25 Sec. 2202
• Declaration plan: means a survey of the property prepared in accordance with § 2219 of this title. See Delaware Code Title 25 Sec. 2202
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• Devise: To gift property by will.
• Direct supervision: shall mean that degree of supervision by a person overseeing the work of another whereby the supervisor has both control over and detailed professional knowledge of the work prepared under the person's supervision. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 302
• Division: shall mean the State Division of Professional Regulation. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1402
• Donor: The person who makes a gift.
• Dwelling: shall mean , for purposes of this chapter, any enclosure that affords habitable living space for a human being or human beings. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1402
• Electrical inspection agency: shall mean the agency responsible for the oversight and the issuing of certificates of inspection for all electrical work performed in this State. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1402
• 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.
• Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• Grantee: includes every person to whom a freehold estate or interest is conveyed. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
• Grantor: includes every person by whom a freehold estate or interest is conveyed. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
• Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
• Homeowner: shall mean , for purposes of this chapter, an individual who both owns and lives in that person's home or dwelling. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1402
• Journeyperson electrician: shall mean a person who is qualified and skilled to perform electrical work and who has met the requirements of § 1408 of this title to be licensed as a journeyperson electrician. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1402
• 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.
• Landscape architect: shall mean a person who, on the basis of demonstrated knowledge acquired by professional education or practical experience, or both, has been granted and holds a current certificate entitling the person to use the designation "landscape architect" and practices landscape architecture in this State under the authority of this chapter. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 201
• Landscape architecture: shall mean any service or creative work the adequate performance of which requires landscape architectural education, training and experience. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 201
• 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}
• License: shall mean the certificate issued by the Board that is evidence that the holder has met the requirements of this chapter. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1402
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Limited electrician: shall mean a person licensed by the Board to plan, estimate, layout, perform or supervise the installation, erection or repair of any electrical conductor, molding, duct, raceway, conduit, machinery, apparatus, device or fixture, for the purpose of lighting, heating or power, in any structure which contains 4 or fewer dwelling units, as determined by the applicable building code. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1402
• Limited electrician special: shall mean a person licensed by the Board to plan, estimate, layout, perform or supervise the installation, erection or repair of any electrical conductor, molding, duct, raceway, conduit, machinery, apparatus, device or fixture, for any of the following purposes: elevators, swimming pools, air conditioning, heating and oil burners, in any structure which contains 4 or fewer dwelling units, as determined by the applicable building code. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1402
• Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
• majority of the unit owners: means the owners of more than 50 percent in the aggregate in interest of the undivided ownership of the common elements as specified in the declaration. See Delaware Code Title 25 Sec. 2202
• Master electrician: shall mean a person, licensed by the Board, to plan, estimate, layout, perform or supervise the installation, erection or repair of any electrical conductor, molding, duct, raceway, conduit, machinery, apparatus, device or fixture for the purpose of lighting, heating or power in any structure. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1402
• Master electrician special: shall mean a person, licensed by the Board, to plan, estimate, layout, perform or supervise the installation, erection or repair of any electrical conductor, molding, duct, raceway, conduit, machinery, apparatus, device or fixture for any 1 of the following purposes: elevators, swimming pools, electric signs, air conditioning, heating, refrigeration and oil burners, and overhead and underground primary distribution systems. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1402
• Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• 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.
• 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. 1402
• Person: means a natural individual, corporation, partnership, association, trustee or other legal entity. See Delaware Code Title 25 Sec. 2202
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Practice of architecture: shall mean the rendering or offering to render those services, hereinafter described, in connection with the design and construction, enlargement or alteration of a structure or group of structures which have as their principal purpose human habitation or use, and the utilization of space within and surrounding such structures; the services referred to include planning, preparing studies, designs, drawings, specifications and other technical submissions and furnishing administration of construction contracts. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 302
• Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
• Property: means and includes the land, the building, all improvements thereon, all owned either in fee simple or under lease, and all easements, rights and appurtenances belonging thereto which have been or are intended to be submitted to the provisions of this chapter. See Delaware Code Title 25 Sec. 2202
• Public utility: includes every individual, partnership, association, corporation, joint stock company, agency or department of the State or any association of individuals engaged in the prosecution in common of a productive enterprise (commonly called a "cooperative"), their lessees, trustees or receivers appointed by any court whatsoever, that now operates or hereafter may operate for public use within this State, (however, electric cooperatives shall not be permitted directly or through an affiliate to engage in the production, sale or distribution of propane gas or heating oil), any natural gas, electric (excluding electric suppliers as defined in § 1001 of this title), electric transmission by other than a public utility over which the Commission has no supervisory or regulatory jurisdiction pursuant to § 202(a) or (g) of this title, water, wastewater (which shall include sanitary sewer charge), telecommunications (excluding telephone services provided by cellular technology or by domestic public land mobile radio service) service, system, plant or equipment. See Delaware Code Title 26 Sec. 102
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• real property: is synonymous with the phrase "lands, tenements and hereditaments. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Recorded: means that an instrument has been duly entered of record in the office of the recorder of deeds of the county in which the property is situate. See Delaware Code Title 25 Sec. 2202
• Recorder: means the recorder of deeds of the county in which the property is situate. See Delaware Code Title 25 Sec. 2202
• Registered architect: shall mean an architect holding a current certificate of registration. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 302
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• Repair and replacement reserve: means a reserve fund maintained by the council solely for the repair and replacement of common elements, and for no other purpose (including operating budget shortfalls or other expenditures appropriate to a contingency reserve). See Delaware Code Title 25 Sec. 2202
• Residential electrician: means a person who is qualified and skilled to perform residential electric work and who has met the requirements of § 1408 of this title to be licensed as a residential electrician and who is subject to the restrictions imposed by § 1422A of this title. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1402
• Revocation: means an instrument signed by all of the unit owners and by all holders of liens against the units by which the property is removed from the provisions of this chapter. See Delaware Code Title 25 Sec. 2202
• Service: shall mean , for purposes of this chapter, to repair or replace in kind. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1402
• State: shall mean the State of Delaware. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1402
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• Substantially related: means 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 work of an electrician. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1402
• Substantially related: means the nature of 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 architecture. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 302
• Substantially related: means the nature of 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 landscape architecture. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 201
• Supervision: shall mean that a licensed electrician shall be fully responsible for all electrical work performed under that licensed electrician's license. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1402
• system: shall mean a facility within this State which is constructed in whole or in part in, on, under or over any highway, road, street, alley, or other public place and which is operated to perform the service of receiving and amplifying the signals of 1 or more radio and/or television broadcasting stations and distributing such signals by cable, wire or other means to members of the public who subscribe to such service; provided that nothing herein is intended to prohibit any system from engaging in any other activity not expressly prohibited by law; except that such definition shall not include (i) any system which serves fewer than 50 subscribers; or (ii) any system which serves only the residents of 1 or more apartment dwellings or mobile home or trailer parks under common ownership, control or management, and commercial establishments located on the premises of such dwellings; or (iii) telephone, telegraph or electric utilities in those cases where the activity of such utility in connection with a cable system is limited to leasing or renting to cable systems, cables, wires, poles, towers or other electronic equipment or rights to use real property as part of, or for use in connection with, the operation of a cable system. See Delaware Code Title 26 Sec. 102
• Technical submissions: shall mean designs, drawings, specifications, studies and other technical reports prepared in the course of practicing architecture. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 302
• Testator: A male person who leaves a will at death.
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
• Unit: means a part of the property designed or intended for any type of independent use which has a direct exit to a public street or way, or to a common element or common elements leading to a public street or way, or to an easement or right-of-way leading to a public street or way, and includes the proportionate undivided interest in the common elements which is assigned thereto in the declaration or any amounts thereof. See Delaware Code Title 25 Sec. 2202
• Unit designation: means the number, letter or combination thereof designating a unit in the declaration plan. See Delaware Code Title 25 Sec. 2202
• Unit owner: means the person or persons owning a unit. See Delaware Code Title 25 Sec. 2202
• United States: includes its territories and possessions and the District of Columbia. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
• Unlicensed practitioner: shall mean any person, who engages in the occupational practices as defined in paragraph (12), (13), (14) or (15) of this section, and who has not been granted a license or a homeowner's permit by the Board. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1402
• Year: means a calendar year, and is equivalent to the words "year of our Lord. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302