Terms Used In Delaware Code > Title 3 > Chapter 25 - Dealers in Agricultural Products

• 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
• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• 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
• Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• 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
• Recourse: An arrangement in which a bank retains, in form or in substance, any credit risk directly or indirectly associated with an asset it has sold (in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles) that exceeds a pro rata share of the bank's claim on the asset. If a bank has no claim on an asset it has sold, then the retention of any credit risk is recourse. ^{Source: FDIC}
• Secretary: means the Secretary of the Delaware Department of Agriculture. See Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 2501
• Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.
• Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.