Delaware Code Title 5 Sec. 801 – Definitions
As used in this subchapter:
(1) “Bank” means a bank or trust company created under this title or a national banking association created under the National Bank Act (12 U.S.C. § 21 et seq.) after February 18, 1981.
(2) “Out-of-state bank holding company” has the meaning specified in the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended (12 U.S.C. § 1841 et seq.).
(3) “Commissioner” means the State Bank Commissioner of the State of Delaware.
(4) “Divest” means to transfer all interest, legal or equitable, to a person or other entity in which the transferor has no interest, direct or indirect, or which has no interest, direct or indirect, in the transferor.
(5) “Located in this State” means, with respect to state-chartered banks, banks created under the law of this State and, with respect to national banking associations, banks whose organization certificate identifies an address in this State as the place at which its discount and deposit operations are to be carried out.
(6) “Subsidiary” means, with respect to an out-of-state bank holding company:
a. Any company 25% or more of whose voting shares is directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such bank holding company, or is held by it with power to vote; or
b. Any company the election of a majority of whose directors is controlled in any manner by such bank holding company.
63 Del. Laws, c. 2, § ?2; 63 Del. Laws, c. 186, §§ ?3, 4; 68 Del. Laws, c. 303, § ?15; 70 Del. Laws, c. 112, § ?18;
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 5 Sec. 801
- Bank: means a bank or trust company created under this title or a national banking association created under the National Bank Act (12 U. See Delaware Code Title 5 Sec. 801
- Commissioner: means the State Bank Commissioner of the State of Delaware. See Delaware Code Title 5 Sec. 801
- Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
- National Bank: A bank that is subject to the supervision of the Comptroller of the Currency. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is a bureau of the U.S. Treasury Department. A national bank can be recognized because it must have "national" or "national association" in its name. Source: OCC
- Out-of-state bank holding company: has the meaning specified in the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended (12 U. See Delaware Code Title 5 Sec. 801
- 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