Terms Used In Delaware Code > Title 24 > Chapter 25 > Subchapter I - Objectives; Definitions; Board of Pharmacy

• Active roster: shall mean the record of members, associate members, permittees and holders of a certificate of authorization. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2803
• Adjunct member: shall mean an adjunct member of the Association, as defined in § 2806(d) of this title. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2803
• 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.
• Applicant: shall mean a person who applies to become licensed as a professional engineer, applies to become certified as engineer intern, applies to become an adjunct member of the association, or applies for a certificate of authorization or permit. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2803
• Associate member: shall mean an associate member of the Association, as defined in § 2806(b) of this title. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2803
• Association: shall mean the Delaware Association of Professional Engineers. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2803
• Bequest: Property gifted by will.
• Bylaw: shall mean a bylaw of the Association. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2803
• Certificate of authorization: shall mean an authorization issued by the Council to engage in the practice of engineering. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2803
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Continuing professional competency: shall mean and refer to compliance with or satisfaction of a published set of guidelines and requirements for the maintenance of professional competency in the practice of engineering. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2803
• 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: shall mean the Council of the Association. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2803
• Engineer: shall mean a person who, by reason of special knowledge and use of the mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences and the principles and methods of engineering analysis and design acquired by an engineering education, through graduation with a baccalaureate degree from a Council-approved 4-year educational program in engineering, in engineering technology or in science related to engineering, is qualified to begin the path to licensure. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2803
• Engineer intern: shall mean a person certified as an engineer intern by the Council. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2803
• 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.
• Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
• 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.
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• 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.
• Jurisprudence: The study of law and the structure of the legal system.
• 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}
• Licensed: means licensure as a professional engineer under this chapter. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2803
• Member: shall mean a member of the Association, as defined in § 2806(a) of this title. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2803
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• 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.
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Professional engineer: shall mean a person who has been duly licensed as a professional engineer by the Council. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2803
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• 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.
• Retired member: shall mean a person who has elected to claim retired status as defined in § 2806(g) of this title. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2803
• 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
• Testify: Answer questions in court.
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• to practice engineering: includes any professional service performed for the general public such as consultation, investigation, evaluation, planning, design, or responsible supervision of construction or operation in connection with any public or private buildings, structures, utilities, machines, equipment, processes, works, or projects wherein the public welfare or the safeguarding of life, health or property is concerned or involved when such professional service requires the application of engineering principles and data, but it does not include the work ordinarily performed by persons who operate or maintain machinery or equipment, neither does it include engineering services performed by an employee of a firm or corporation that does not offer professional engineering services to the general public. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2803
• 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.
• United States: includes its territories and possessions and the District of Columbia. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
• Year: means a calendar year, and is equivalent to the words "year of our Lord. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302