Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 2501 – Definitions
As used in this chapter:
(1) “Person” means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, association, society, joint-stock company or syndicate, their lessees, trustees or receivers.
(2) “Dealer” means any person who solicits or receives any agricultural products from the producer or other supplier on consignment as a commission merchant, or who purchases agricultural products for resale at wholesale as a dealer, or who negotiates the purchase or sale of any agricultural product as a broker. The term “dealer” shall exclude the Southern Delaware Truck Growers Association Incorporated or similar organizations, and persons who operate as cash buyers.
(3) “Delaware broker” means any person whose principal place of business is in the State that has been engaged in the business of negotiating sales and purchases of any perishable agricultural products in the State for at least 5 years and has net assets in the State with value equal to or exceeding the bonding requirements of this chapter.
(4) “Cash buyer” means a dealer who pays for agricultural products in United States currency, certified checks, cashier’s checks or drafts issued by a bank at the time the product is removed from a producer’s and/or auction market’s premises.
(5) “Producer” means any person in this State who produces agricultural products.
(6) “Agricultural products” means fruits and vegetables, and for the purpose of this chapter shall be construed to include, but not by way of limitation, apples, cabbage, cantaloupes, cucumbers, melons, potatoes, sweet corn and tomatoes.
(7) “Department” means the Delaware Department of Agriculture.
(8) “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Delaware Department of Agriculture.
3 Del. C. 1953, § ?2501; 56 Del. Laws, c. 456, § ?1; 57 Del. Laws, c. 764, § ?11; 58 Del. Laws, c. 557, § ?1; 65 Del. Laws, c. 116, § ?1;
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 2501
- Agricultural products: means fruits and vegetables, and for the purpose of this chapter shall be construed to include, but not by way of limitation, apples, cabbage, cantaloupes, cucumbers, melons, potatoes, sweet corn and tomatoes. See Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 2501
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- 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.
- Dealer: means any person who solicits or receives any agricultural products from the producer or other supplier on consignment as a commission merchant, or who purchases agricultural products for resale at wholesale as a dealer, or who negotiates the purchase or sale of any agricultural product as a broker. See Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 2501
- Department: means the Delaware Department of Agriculture. See Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 2501
- 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.
- Person: means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, association, society, joint-stock company or syndicate, their lessees, trustees or receivers. See Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 2501
- Producer: means any person in this State who produces agricultural products. See Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 2501
- Secretary: means the Secretary of the Delaware Department of Agriculture. See Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 2501
- 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
- United States: includes its territories and possessions and the District of Columbia. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302