Terms Used In Delaware Code > Title 30 > Chapter 53 > Subchapter V - Forfeitures

• Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Department: means the Department of Finance. See Delaware Code Title 30 Sec. 5301
• 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.
• last known address: shall mean the address determined under paragraph (b)(6)a. See Delaware Code Title 30 Sec. 502
• Person: means and includes an individual, a trust, estate, partnership, association, company or corporation. See Delaware Code Title 30 Sec. 502
• Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
• Secretary: means the Secretary of Finance or the Secretary's duly authorized designee; provided, that any such delegation of authority is consistent with Chapter 83 of Title 29. See Delaware Code Title 30 Sec. 5301
• State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, The United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 30 Sec. 502
• Tax: shall be deemed also to refer to license fees imposed under Part III of this title. See Delaware Code Title 30 Sec. 502
• Tobacco product vending machine: means any mechanical device from which tobacco products are dispensed for a consideration. See Delaware Code Title 30 Sec. 5301
• Tobacco products: means all products made primarily from tobacco for individual consumption, including cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, and vapor products. See Delaware Code Title 30 Sec. 5301
• Unstamped tobacco products: means any pack or package of tobacco products to which the proper amount of genuine Delaware tobacco product tax stamps has not been affixed. See Delaware Code Title 30 Sec. 5301
• Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.