Terms Used In Delaware Code > Title 29 > Chapter 101 > Subchapter I - Policy and Definitions

• Agency: means any authority, department, instrumentality, commission, officer, board or other unit of the state government authorized by law to make regulations, decide cases or issue licenses. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 10102
• case decision: means any agency proceeding or determination that a named party as a matter of past or present fact, or of threatened or contemplated private action, is or is not in violation of a law or regulation, or is or is not in compliance with any existing requirement for obtaining a license or other right or benefit. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 10102
• Child: means a person who has not reached the age of 18 years. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
• Court: means the Superior Court of the State except for appeals from the Division of Child Support Services, which will be heard by the Family Court of the State. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 10102
• License: means the whole or part of any agency permit, certificate, approval, registration, charter or similar form of permission required by law, but it does not include a license required solely for revenue purposes. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 10102
• Party: means each person or agency named or admitted in an agency proceeding as a party, or properly seeking and entitled as of right to be admitted as a party to an agency proceeding. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 10102
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Regulation: means any statement of law, procedure, policy, right, requirement or prohibition formulated and promulgated by an agency as a rule or standard, or as a guide for the decision of cases thereafter by it or by any other agency, authority or court. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 10102
• 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