Terms Used In Delaware Code > Title 29 > Chapter 80 > Subchapter IV - Clean Water for Delaware Act

• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Director: means Secretary of the Department of Health and Social Services. See Delaware Code Title 31 Sec. 101
• DSHA: means the Delaware State Housing Authority. See Delaware Code Title 31 Sec. 4301
• 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.
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• 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.
• Outlays: Outlays are payments made (generally through the issuance of checks or disbursement of cash) to liquidate obligations. Outlays during a fiscal year may be for payment of obligations incurred in prior years or in the same year.
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• project: means any work or undertaking:

  a. See Delaware Code Title 31 Sec. 4301

• 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
• Subpoena duces tecum: A command to a witness to produce documents.
• Trust account: A general term that covers all types of accounts in a trust department, such as estates, guardianships, and agencies. ^{Source: OCC}