Terms Used In Delaware Code > Title 25 > Chapter 5 - Rule Against Perpetuities; Powers of Appointment; Rule Against Accumulations

• 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
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Board: shall mean the State Board of Examiners of Psychologists established in this chapter. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 3502
• Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
• Conversion therapy: means any practice or treatment that seeks to change an individual's sexual orientation or gender identity, as "sexual orientation" and "gender identity" are defined in § 710 of Title 19, including any effort to change behaviors or gender expressions or to eliminate or reduce sexual or romantic attractions or feelings toward individuals of the same gender. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 3502
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
• Donee: The recipient of a gift.
• Donor: The person who makes a gift.
• Grantee: includes every person to whom a freehold estate or interest is conveyed. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
• Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
• Person: shall mean a corporation, company, association and partnership, as well as an individual. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 3502
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Practice of psychology: shall mean the observation, description, evaluation, interpretation and modification of human behavior by the application of psychological principles, methods, and/or procedures, for the purpose of preventing or eliminating symptomatic, maladaptive or undesired behavior, and of enhancing interpersonal relationships, work and life adjustment, personal effectiveness, behavioral health and mental health. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 3502
• Psychological assistant: shall mean a person who is registered with the Board to perform certain functions within the practice of psychology, only under the direct supervision of a supervising psychologist, and who is authorized by the Board to use the title "psychological assistant. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 3502
• Psychologist: shall mean a person who makes representations to the public by any title or description of services incorporating the words "psychology" "psychological" "psychologist" or who engages in the practice of psychology. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 3502
• Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• real property: is synonymous with the phrase "lands, tenements and hereditaments. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
• Revocable trust: A trust agreement that can be canceled, rescinded, revoked, or repealed by the grantor (person who establishes the trust).
• 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 practice of psychology. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 3502
• Supervising psychologist: shall mean a psychologist licensed in this State who has practiced as a licensed psychologist for 2 years in this or any other jurisdiction and who applies to the Board for the registration of a psychological assistant. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 3502
• Testator: A male person who leaves a will at death.
• Trustor: The person who makes or creates a trust. Also known as the grantor or settlor.