Terms Used In Delaware Code > Title 6 > Chapter 17 - Limited Partnerships

• Acquittal:
  1. Judgement that a criminal defendant has not been proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
  2. A verdict of "not guilty."
   
• Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
• Appraisal: A determination of property value.
• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
• Attorney-in-fact: A person who, acting as an agent, is given written authorization by another person to transact business for him (her) out of court.
• Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
• Bankruptcy: means an event that causes a person to cease to be a member as provided in § 18-304 of this title. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 18-101
• Baseline: Projection of the receipts, outlays, and other budget amounts that would ensue in the future without any change in existing policy. Baseline projections are used to gauge the extent to which proposed legislation, if enacted into law, would alter current spending and revenue levels.
• Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. ^{Source: OCC}
• Certificate of limited partnership: means the certificate referred to in § 17-201 of this title, and the certificate as amended. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 17-101
• Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
• comprehensive development plan: shall mean , from and after the respective dates by which the counties must be in compliance with this subchapter, a plan that meets the requirements of this subchapter. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 6952
• Contribution: means any cash, property, services rendered or a promissory note or other obligation to contribute cash or property or to perform services, which a partner contributes to a limited partnership in the capacity as a partner. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 17-101
• Coordination: as used in this chapter means, in general terms, to act jointly, concurrently, and/or harmoniously toward a common end or purpose. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 4952
• Coordination: as used in this chapter means, in general terms, to act jointly, concurrently, and/or harmoniously toward a common end or purpose. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 6952
• County: means Kent County;

  (2) "Revenue bonds" means bonds to the payment of which all or any part of the revenues derived from the operation of any water system are pledged in accordance with this chapter;

  (3) "Service charges" means rents, rates, fees or other charges charged or collected under § 4509 of this title;

  (4) "Water system" means all real and personal property necessary or useful in the collection, acquisition, treatment, purification and distribution of water, together with any principal or ancillary rights appurtenant thereto. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 4501

• County: means Kent County. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 4952
• County: means Sussex County. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 6952
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• Department: means the State of Delaware Department of Agriculture and includes, but is not limited to, its officers, inspectors, employees, agents or representatives. See Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 1601
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Developer: means any person, including a governmental agency, undertaking any development as defined in this subchapter. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 4952
• Developer: means any person, including a governmental agency, undertaking any development as defined in this subchapter. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 6952
• Development: means any construction or reconstruction of any new or existing commercial or residential building(s) or structure(s) upon lands which are not owned by the State or its agencies or its political subdivisions, or are not within the jurisdictional control of the State or its agencies or its political subdivisions. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 4952
• Development: means any construction or reconstruction of any new or existing commercial or residential building(s) or structure(s) upon lands which are not owned by the State or its agencies or its political subdivisions, or are not within the jurisdictional control of the State or its agencies or its political subdivisions. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 6952
• Development order: means any order granting, denying or granting with conditions an application for a development permit. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 4952
• Development order: means any order granting, denying or granting with conditions an application for a development permit. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 6952
• Development permit: includes any building permit, zoning permit, subdivision approval, rezoning, certificate of occupancy, special exception, variance or any other official action of local government having the effect of permitting the development of land. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 4952
• Development permit: includes any building permit, zoning permit, subdivision approval, rezoning, certificate of occupancy, special exception, variance or any other official action of local government having the effect of permitting the development of land. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 6952
• Devices: means any grain moisture testing devices. See Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 1601
• Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
• Document: means :

  a. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 17-101

• dollars: means lawful money of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
• domestic limited liability company: means a limited liability company formed under the laws of the State of Delaware and having 1 or more members. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 18-101
• Dower: A widow
• Electronic transmission: means any form of communication not directly involving the physical transmission of paper, including the use of, or participation in, 1 or more electronic networks or databases (including 1 or more distributed electronic networks or databases), that creates a record that may be retained, retrieved and reviewed by a recipient thereof and that may be directly reproduced in paper form by such a recipient through an automated process. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 17-101
• Event of withdrawal of a general partner: means an event that causes a person to cease to be a general partner as provided in § 17-402 of this title. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 17-101
• Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
• Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
• Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
• Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. ^{Source: OCC}
• Foreign limited liability company: means a limited liability company formed under the laws of any state or under the laws of any foreign country or other foreign jurisdiction. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 18-101
• Foreign limited partnership: includes a partnership formed under the laws of any state or under the laws of any foreign country or other foreign jurisdiction consisting of 2 or more persons and having 1 or more general partners and 1 or more limited partners. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 17-101
• Garbage: means residential garbage and trash to the exclusion of commercial and industrial refuse. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 4720
• Garbage collection district: means an area in Kent County outside of the limits of any incorporated municipality, within ascertainable boundaries, and which is in the opinion of the county government susceptible of efficient and economical garbage collection pursuant to the procedures of this subchapter. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 4720
• Garbage collection unit: means each improved parcel of real estate located within the boundaries of a garbage collection district and either used or intended for residential purposes. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 4720
• Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
• General partner: means a person who is named as a general partner in the certificate of limited partnership or similar instrument under which a limited partnership is formed if so required and who is admitted to the limited partnership as a general partner in accordance with the partnership agreement or this chapter, and includes a general partner of the limited partnership generally and a general partner associated with a series of the limited partnership. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 17-101
• Governing body: means the chief governing body of county government, however designated, or the combination of such bodies where joint utilization of the provision of this subchapter is accomplished as provided herein. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 4952
• Governing body: means the chief governing body of county government, however designated, or the combination of such bodies where joint utilization of the provision of this subchapter is accomplished as provided herein. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 6952
• Governmental agency: means :

  a. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 4952

• Governmental agency: means :

  a. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 6952

• Grain: means includes, but is not limited to, corn, wheat, rye, oats, barley, flaxseed, sorghum, soybeans, mixed grain and any other food grains, feed grains, hemp, and oilseeds which standards have been established in the United States Grain Standards Act, 7 U. See Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 1601
• Guarantor: A party who agrees to be responsible for the payment of another party's debts should that party default. ^{Source: OCC}
• Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies.
• Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. ^{Source: OCC}
• Knowledge: means a person's actual knowledge of a fact, rather than the person's constructive knowledge of the fact. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 17-101
• Land: means the earth, water and air, above, below or on the surface, and includes any improvements or structures customarily regarded as land. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 4952
• Land: means the earth, water and air, above, below or on the surface, and includes any improvements or structures customarily regarded as land. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 6952
• Land development regulation commission: means a commission designated by a county government to develop and recommend, to the local governing body, land development regulations which implement the adopted comprehensive plan and to review land development regulations, or amendments thereto, for consistency with the adopted plan and to report to the governing body regarding its findings. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 4952
• Land development regulation commission: means a commission designated by a county government to develop and recommend, to the local governing body, land development regulations which implement the adopted comprehensive plan and to review land development regulations, or amendments thereto, for consistency with the adopted plan and to report to the governing body regarding its findings. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 6952
• Land development regulations: means ordinances enacted by governing bodies for the regulation of any aspect of development and includes any county government zoning, rezoning, subdivision, building construction or sign regulations or any other regulations controlling the development of land. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 4952
• Land development regulations: means ordinances enacted by governing bodies for the regulation of any aspect of development and includes any county government zoning, rezoning, subdivision, building construction or sign regulations or any other regulations controlling the development of land. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 6952
• Land use: means the development that has occurred on the land, the development that is proposed by a developer on the land or the use that is permitted or permissible on the land under an adopted comprehensive plan. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 4952
• Land use: means the development that has occurred on the land, the development that is proposed by a developer on the land or the use that is permitted or permissible on the land under an adopted comprehensive plan. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 6952
• Lawsuit: A legal action started by a plaintiff against a defendant based on a complaint that the defendant failed to perform a legal duty, resulting in harm to the plaintiff.
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Limited liability limited partnership: means a limited partnership complying with § 17-214 of this title. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 17-101
• Limited partner: means a person who is admitted to a limited partnership as a limited partner as provided in § 17-301 of this title, and includes a limited partner of the limited partnership generally and a limited partner associated with a series of the limited partnership. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 17-101
• Liquidating trustee: means a person, other than a general partner, but including a limited partner, carrying out the winding up of a limited partnership. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 17-101
• Local government: means any municipality. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 4952
• Local government: means any municipality. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 6952
• Local planning agency: means the agency designated to prepare the comprehensive plan required by this subchapter. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 4952
• Local planning agency: means the agency designated to prepare the comprehensive plan required by this subchapter. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 6952
• Manager: means a person who is named as a manager of a limited liability company in, or designated as a manager of a limited liability company pursuant to, a limited liability company agreement or similar instrument under which the limited liability company is formed, and includes a manager of the limited liability company generally and a manager associated with a series of the limited liability company. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 18-101
• Member: means a person who is admitted to a limited liability company as a member as provided in § 18-301 of this title, and includes a member of the limited liability company generally and a member associated with a series of the limited liability company. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 18-101
• 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}
• newspaper of general circulation: means a newspaper published at least on a weekly basis and printed in the language most commonly spoken in the area within which it circulates, but does not include a newspaper intended primarily for members of a particular professional or occupational group, a newspaper whose primary function is to carry legal notices or a newspaper that is given away primarily to distribute advertising. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 4952
• newspaper of general circulation: means a newspaper published at least on a weekly basis and printed in the language most commonly spoken in the area within which it circulates, but does not include a newspaper intended primarily for members of a particular professional or occupational group, a newspaper whose primary function is to carry legal notices or a newspaper that is given away primarily to distribute advertising. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 6952
• Partner: means a limited or general partner. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 17-101
• Partnership agreement: means any agreement, written, oral or implied, of the partners as to the affairs of a limited partnership and the conduct of its business. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 17-101
• Partnership interest: means a partner's share of the profits and losses of a limited partnership and the right to receive distributions of partnership assets. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 17-101
• Person: means a natural person, partnership (whether general or limited), limited liability company, trust (including a common law trust, business trust, statutory trust, voting trust or any other form of trust), estate, association (including any group, organization, co-tenancy, plan, board, council or committee), corporation, government (including a country, state, county or any other governmental subdivision, agency or instrumentality), custodian, nominee or any other individual or entity (or series thereof) in its own or any representative capacity, in each case, whether domestic or foreign. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 17-101
• Person: means an individual, corporation, governmental agency, statutory trust, business trust, estate/trust, partnership, association, 2 or more persons having a joint or common interest or any other legal entity. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 4952
• Person: means an individual, corporation, governmental agency, statutory trust, business trust, estate/trust, partnership, association, 2 or more persons having a joint or common interest or any other legal entity. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 6952
• Personal representative: means , as to a natural person, the executor, administrator, guardian, conservator or other legal representative thereof and, as to a person other than a natural person, the legal representative or successor thereof. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 17-101
• Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
• Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. ^{Source: OCC}
• Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
• Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
• Protected series: means a designated series of limited partners, general partners, partnership interests or assets that is established in accordance with § 17-218(b) of this title. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 17-101
• Public facilities: means major capital improvements over which the County has jurisdiction. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 4952
• Public facilities: means major capital improvements over which the County has jurisdiction. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 6952
• public meeting: means publication of notice of the time, place and purpose of such hearing at least twice in a newspaper of general circulation in the area. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 4952
• public meeting: means publication of notice of the time, place and purpose of such hearing at least twice in a newspaper of general circulation in the area. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 6952
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• real property: is synonymous with the phrase "lands, tenements and hereditaments. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
• Registered series: means a designated series of limited partners, general partners, partnership interests or assets that is formed in accordance with § 17-221 of this title. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 17-101
• Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
• Series: means a designated series of limited partners, general partners, partnership interests or assets that is a protected series or a registered series, or that is neither a protected series nor a registered series. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 17-101
• State: means the District of Columbia or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or any state, territory, possession, or other jurisdiction of the United States other than the State of Delaware. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 17-101
• structure: includes the word "building. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 6901
• Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
• Temporary restraining order: Prohibits a person from an action that is likely to cause irreparable harm. This differs from an injunction in that it may be granted immediately, without notice to the opposing party, and without a hearing. It is intended to last only until a hearing can be held.
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
• Usury: Charging an illegally high interest rate on a loan. ^{Source: OCC}
• Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.
• Writ of certiorari: An order issued by the Supreme Court directing the lower court to transmit records for a case for which it will hear on appeal.