Terms Used In Delaware Code > Title 14 > Chapter 34 - Financial Assistance for Higher Education

• Academic year: shall mean the 3 consecutive academic semesters beginning with the fall semester. See Delaware Code Title 14 Sec. 3402A
• Academic year: shall mean the 2 consecutive academic semesters beginning with the fall semester. See Delaware Code Title 14 Sec. 3410A
• Academic year: means the 3 consecutive academic semesters beginning with the fall semester. See Delaware Code Title 14 Sec. 3422A
• Account: means an individual account, a trust account or a savings account established in accordance with this subchapter. See Delaware Code Title 14 Sec. 3485
• Account owner: means the individual, individuals, or the trustee of a trust identified at the time the account is opened as having the right to withdraw funds from the account. See Delaware Code Title 14 Sec. 3485
• Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
• Adult: means an individual who is at least 18 years of age. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 2710
• Advance health-care directive: means a directive under § 2503 of this title. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 2710
• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• Agency: means any private or public agency operating in the State, one of whose purposes is the funding, provision or regulation of health care services. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 1151
• Agent: means an individual authorized to make health-care decisions on another's behalf by a power of attorney or an individual expressly authorized to make an anatomical gift on another's behalf by any other record signed by the individual giving the authorization. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 2710
• 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.
• Amusement ride: means any mechanical device or devices that carry or convey passengers along, around or over a fixed or restricted route or course or within a defined area for the purpose of giving its passengers amusement, pleasure or excitement, but such term does not include:

  a. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 6402

• Anatomical gift: means a donation of all or part of a human body to take effect after the donor's death for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 2710
• Annual percentage rate: The cost of credit at a yearly rate. It is calculated in a standard way, taking the average compound interest rate over the term of the loan so borrowers can compare loans. Lenders are required by law to disclose a card account's APR. ^{Source: FDIC}
• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Applicant: means any of the following:

  a. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 1141

• Applicant: means any of the following:

  a. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 1145

• Appraisal: A determination of property value.
• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• 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.
• Authorized representative: means an individual who has the highest priority to act for the patient under law, and who has the authority to make decisions with respect to the patient's health-care preferences. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 1145
• Ballot: means those portions of cardboard, paper or other material to be placed within the ballot frames of a voting machine or to be used for absentee voting in order to list the names of the offices to be voted for, the name of each candidate and the designation of the party by which the candidate is nominated, a space for the voter to write in the name of any candidate of that voter's choice for any office, and the statement of any question submitted with provision for a "yes" or "no" vote. See Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 101
• Bank: means a state or a national bank. See Delaware Code Title 5 Sec. 781
• Bank: means a Delaware state bank, out-of-state state bank, Delaware national bank or out-of-state national bank. See Delaware Code Title 5 Sec. 795
• 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. 795
• banks: when used in this chapter, do not include such national banks, except as otherwise provided in subchapters VI and VII of this chapter. See Delaware Code Title 5 Sec. 701
• 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}
• Board: means the Plans Management Board pursuant to § 2722 of Title 29. See Delaware Code Title 14 Sec. 3485
• Board: means that body of individuals appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate to serve or who otherwise serve as the State Board of Elections in accordance with Chapter 2 of this title, and are, as such, vested with the responsibility and power to see to the administration of the election laws of this State as more particularly defined in this title. See Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 101
• Branch office: has the meaning specified in § 770 of this title. See Delaware Code Title 5 Sec. 795
• Buildings: means a building equipped with heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) fire dampers, smoke dampers and/or smoke control system. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 6601D
• Central service technician: means an individual who decontaminates, inspects, assembles, packages, and sterilizes reusable medical instruments or devices for a health-care facility. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 3010A
• Certified nursing assistant: means a duly-certified individual under the supervision of a licensed nurse, who provides care that does not require the judgment and skills of a licensed nurse. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 3001A
• Child: means a person who has not reached the age of 18 years. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
• Clerk: means clerk of election. See Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 101
• Closed end credit: means the extension of credit by a bank to a borrower pursuant to an arrangement or agreement which is not a revolving credit plan as defined in subchapter II of this chapter. See Delaware Code Title 5 Sec. 961
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Conspicuously displayed: means highlighted through the use of capitalization, bold print, underlining or some combination thereof. See Delaware Code Title 5 Sec. 961
• Continuing bank: means a merging bank, the charter of which becomes the charter of the resulting bank. See Delaware Code Title 5 Sec. 781
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Converting bank: means a bank converted from a state to a national bank, or the reverse. See Delaware Code Title 5 Sec. 781
• 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.
• Criminal history: means a report from the Department regarding its review of the applicant's entire federal criminal history from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, under Public Law 92-544 as amended (28 U. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 1141
• Criminal history: means a report from the Department regarding its review of the applicant's entire federal criminal history from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, under Public Law 92-544 as amended (28 U. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 1145
• CTP Program: means a federally-approved comprehensive transition and postsecondary program, under 34 C. See Delaware Code Title 14 Sec. 3422A
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Decedent: A deceased person.
• Decedent: means a deceased individual and includes a stillborn infant or fetus. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 2710
• Delaware bank: means a Delaware national bank or a Delaware state bank. See Delaware Code Title 5 Sec. 795
• Delaware national bank: means a national banking association created under the National Bank Act (12 U. See Delaware Code Title 5 Sec. 795
• Delaware state bank: means a bank (as defined in § 101 of this title) chartered under the laws of this State. See Delaware Code Title 5 Sec. 795
• Department: means the Department of Health and Social Services. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 1102
• Department: means the Department of Services for Children, Youth & Their Families. See Delaware Code Title 14 Sec. 3432A
• Department: means the Department of Health and Social Services. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 1145
• Department: means the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 2710
• Department: means the State Department of Elections, consisting of the State Board of Elections and such staff as the Board shall appoint under this title, but shall not include the State Election Commissioner. See Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 101
• Department: means the Department of Health and Social Services. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 3001A
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Designated beneficiary: means , except as provided in § 3490 of this title, the individual designated at the time the account is opened as having the right to receive a qualified withdrawal for the payment of qualified education expenses or, if such designated beneficiary is replaced in accordance with § 3490 of this title, such replacement. See Delaware Code Title 14 Sec. 3485
• Designated requestor: means a hospital employee completing a course offered by the OPO on how to approach potential donor families and request organ and tissue donation. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 2710
• Director: means the Director of the Division of Public Health, or such persons as may be designated by the Director. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 101
• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• Division: shall mean the Division of Health Care Quality;

  (4) a. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 1102

• Division: means the Division of Public Health. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 101
• Document of gift: means a donor card or other record used to make, amend, or revoke an anatomical gift. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 2710
• Donate Life Delaware Registry: means that subset of persons in the Department of Transportation's driver's license and photo identification card database or any expanded or successor database who have elected to include the donor designation on their record. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 2710
• Donee: The recipient of a gift.
• Donee: means a person authorized to receive an anatomical gift. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 2710
• Donor: The person who makes a gift.
• Donor: means an individual who makes a gift of all or part of the individual's body. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 2710
• Donor registry: means a database which contains records of anatomical gifts. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 2710
• Election officers: means the inspector of election, the 2 judges of election and the clerks of election who are appointed for each election district under § 4702 of this title. See Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 101
• Eligible costs: means tuition and all mandatory fees relating to attendance at the institution. See Delaware Code Title 14 Sec. 3432A
• Embezzlement: In most states, embezzlement is defined as theft/larceny of assets (money or property) by a person in a position of trust or responsibility over those assets. Embezzlement typically occurs in the employment and corporate settings. ^{Source: OCC}
• Employer: means a home-care agency; a management company that contracts to provide services on behalf of a home-care agency; or other business entity, including a temporary employment agency, that contracts to provide services on behalf of a home-care agency. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 1145
• 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}
• 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.
• Eye bank: means a person that is licensed, accredited or regulated under federal or state law to engage in the recovery, screening, testing, processing, storage or distribution of human eyes or portions of human eyes. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 2710
• Facility: means any facility licensed under subchapter I of this chapter. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 1141
• Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
• Fire damper: means a device installed in an air distribution system, designed to close automatically upon detection of heat, to interrupt migratory airflow and to restrict the passage of flame; and includes devices installed in air conditioning systems to close automatically upon detection of heat, to interrupt migratory airflow, and to restrict the passage of flames. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 6601D
• Fire life safety damper testing: means testing and inspection activities, including all physical, visual, and operational tests necessary to ensure the complete opening and closing of dampers and the proper functioning of fire dampers and smoke dampers as required by the International Fire Code (IFC), NFPA 80, NFPA 105, and applicable engineering specifications. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 6601D
• Fire life safety dampers: means all fire dampers, smoke dampers, and combination fire and smoke dampers. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 6601D
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• Freedom of Information Act: A federal law that mandates that all the records created and kept by federal agencies in the executive branch of government must be open for public inspection and copying. The only exceptions are those records that fall into one of nine exempted categories listed in the statute. ^{Source: OCC}
• Full-time: shall mean a minimum of 24 credit hours in each academic year. See Delaware Code Title 14 Sec. 3402A
• Full-time: shall mean a minimum of 24 credit hours in each academic year. See Delaware Code Title 14 Sec. 3410A
• Full-time: means a minimum of 24 credit hours or 300 clock hours in each academic year. See Delaware Code Title 14 Sec. 3422A
• Fund: means the Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Trust Fund. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 2710
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• Grace period: The number of days you'll have to pay your bill for purchases in full without triggering a finance charge. ^{Source: Federal Reserve}
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• Health-care facility: means a hospital or freestanding surgical center licensed pursuant to this title. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 3010A
• Health-care practitioner: means as defined in § 701 of this title. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 1220
• Health-care practitioner: means an individual licensed to practice in the healing arts, pursuant to Title 24, acting within the scope of his or her license. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 3010A
• Health-care professional: means as defined in § 701 of this title. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 1220
• Home-care agency: means all programs or agencies licensed under § 122(3)m. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 1145
• Hospital: means a hospital licensed, accredited or approved under the laws of any state and includes a hospital operated by the United States government, a state or a subdivision thereof, although not required to be licensed under state laws. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 2710
• Infant: means a person who has not reached the age of 18 years. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
• Informed consent: means the signing of a consent form by the patient or a person authorized to make health care decision on behalf of the patient that satisfies all of the following conditions:

  a. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 1220

• Inhabitant: means a resident in any place. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• Inspector: means inspector of elections. See Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 101
• Institution: means any institution operated, maintained or under the supervision of the Department of Health and Social Services. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 6001
• Institution: shall mean Delaware Technical and Community College or the University of Delaware, Associate in Arts Program. See Delaware Code Title 14 Sec. 3402A
• Institution: shall mean Delaware State University. See Delaware Code Title 14 Sec. 3410A
• Institution: means a state-funded institution of higher education in this State that offers a CTP Program. See Delaware Code Title 14 Sec. 3422A
• institution: means University of Delaware, Delaware State University, and Delaware Technical Community College. See Delaware Code Title 14 Sec. 3432A
• 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}
• Judge: means judge of elections. See Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 101
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• Licensed counselor working in the field of mental health: means "licensed counselor working in the field of mental health" as defined by Chapter 30 of Title 24. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 5401
• Loan: means any single extension of closed end credit. See Delaware Code Title 5 Sec. 961
• Long-term care facility: includes all of the following:

  1. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 1102

• Long-term care facility: means any facility as defined in § 1102 of this title. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 1151
• Medicaid: means as defined in § 6501 of Title 30. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 1180
• Medical examiner: means the Chief Medical Examiner, a Deputy Medical Examiner, an Assistant Medical Examiner, or their designee. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 2710
• Mental health services provider: means any physician, registered professional nurse, licensed counselor working in the field of mental health, psychologists and licensed clinical social workers as defined in this chapter. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 5401
• Merger: includes consolidation. See Delaware Code Title 5 Sec. 781
• Merger: includes merger, consolidation and the purchase or sale of all or substantially all assets. See Delaware Code Title 5 Sec. 795
• Merging bank: means a party to a merger. See Delaware Code Title 5 Sec. 781
• Merging bank: means a bank that is a party to a merger. See Delaware Code Title 5 Sec. 795
• Minor: means an individual who is under 18 years of age. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 2710
• Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• National bank: means a national bank association located in this State. See Delaware Code Title 5 Sec. 781
• 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}
• National bank: means a Delaware national bank or an out-of-state national bank. See Delaware Code Title 5 Sec. 795
• NFPA: means National Fire Protection Association. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 6601D
• Nonqualified withdrawal: means a withdrawal from an account that is not:

  a. See Delaware Code Title 14 Sec. 3485

• Nursing assistant: means an individual who has completed the requisite training to become a certified nursing assistant but is awaiting certification. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 3001A
• Nursing facility: means as defined in § 6501 of Title 30. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 1180
• Nursing facility services: means as defined in § 6501 of Title 30. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 1180
• nursing home: means a residential facility that provides services to residents including resident beds, continuous nursing services, and health and treatment services for individuals who do not currently require continuous hospital care and that provides care in accordance with a physician's order and requires the supervision of a registered nurse (RN). See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 1102
• Oath: includes affirmation in all cases where an affirmation may be substituted for an oath, and "sworn" includes affirmed; and the forms shall be varied accordingly. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
• Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• Office: means the Office of the State Fire Marshal. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 6402
• Ombudsperson: means the person designated under the Older Americans Act, as amended (42 U. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 1151
• OPO: means the federally certified organ procurement organization for the State. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 2710
• Out-of-state bank: means an out-of-state state bank or an out-of-state national bank. See Delaware Code Title 5 Sec. 795
• Out-of-state national bank: means a national bank association created under the National Bank Act (12 U. See Delaware Code Title 5 Sec. 795
• Out-of-state state bank: means a state bank, as defined in the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, as amended, at 12 U. See Delaware Code Title 5 Sec. 795
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Part: includes organs, tissues, eyes, bones, arteries, blood, other fluids and other portions of a human body, and "part" includes "parts. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 2710
• 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.
• Patient: means any person with whom the mental health services provider has established a patient-care provider relationship. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 5401
• Patient: means any person admitted, committed to or placed in any such institution for the purpose of treatment. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 6001
• Person: means an individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association, joint stock company, limited partnership, limited liability company, or any other legal entity, and includes a legal successor of those entities. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 1102
• Person: means an individual, corporation, government or governmental subdivision or agency, statutory trust, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association or any other legal entity. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 2710
• Physician: means "physician" as defined by Chapter 17 of Title 24. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 5401
• Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
• Plan: means the DE529 Education Savings Plan established by this subchapter. See Delaware Code Title 14 Sec. 3485
• Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
• political party: means any political organization which elects a state committee and officers of a state committee, by a state convention composed of delegates elected from each representative district in which the party has registered members, and which nominates candidates for electors of President and Vice-President, or nominates candidates for offices to be decided at the general election. See Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 101
• 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}
• Primary election: means an election at which voters registered as members of a major political party may vote to determine the nominees of that political party for the general election. See Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 101
• Private residence: means the domicile of the individual in need of care, either personally owned by that individual or considered the place of residence of that individual. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 1145
• Probate: Proving a will
• Prospective donor: means a person who is dead or whose death is imminent and has been determined by the OPO to have a part that could be medically suitable for transplantation, therapy, research, or education. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 2710
• Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
• Qualified education expenses: means tuition and other permitted expenses as set forth in 26 U. See Delaware Code Title 14 Sec. 3485
• Qualified withdrawal: means a withdrawal from an account to pay the qualified education expenses of the designated beneficiary, but only if the withdrawal is made in accordance with the requirements of the Plan. See Delaware Code Title 14 Sec. 3485
• Question: means any proposition or other question to be submitted to the voters. See Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 101
• Reasonably available: means able to be contacted by the OPO, eye bank or tissue bank through the exercise of reasonable due diligence and willing and able to act in a timely manner consistent with existing medical criteria necessary to make an anatomical gift. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 2710
• Recipient: means an individual into whose body a decedent's part has been or is intended to be transplanted. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 2710
• Recognized academic credential: shall mean a diploma or certificate of completion for a credit or noncredit training program consisting of 100 hours of instruction or more, or that requires a student to pass a licensure or certification examination approved by a federal, state or local government, regulatory body, or industry/trade group. See Delaware Code Title 14 Sec. 3402A
• Record: means any medical, social, or financial information pertaining to a resident of a long-term care facility which is maintained by any agency regulated under this chapter or Chapter 10 of this title; provided, however, that "record" does not include criminal investigative files. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 1151
• Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 2710
• Recovery specialist: means a medical professional licensed by this or another state or technician trained in accordance with federal standards pursuant to 42 U. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 2710
• Registered professional nurse: means "registered professional nurse" as defined by Chapter 19 of Title 24. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 5401
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• Resident: means an individual, whether identified as a patient, guest, or other designation, residing and receiving services in a long-term care facility. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 1102
• Resulting bank: means the bank resulting from a merger or conversion. See Delaware Code Title 5 Sec. 781
• Right of recission: means , with respect to any short-term consumer loan, the right to return any amount borrowed, in full, on or before the close of business of the business day following the day on which such sum has been disbursed or advanced, without the incursion of any fee or other charges. See Delaware Code Title 5 Sec. 961
• SBI: means the State Bureau of Identification. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 1141
• SBI: means the State Bureau of Identification. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 1145
• School activity: shall mean open house, school curriculum night, parent and teacher conference night, holiday program, or other school-related events conducted by a public middle school or high school where parents, community members, and students are encouraged to attend and participate. See Delaware Code Title 14 Sec. 3402A
• School activity: shall mean open house, school curriculum night, parent and teacher conference night, holiday program, or other school-related events conducted by a public middle school or high school where parents, community members, and students are encouraged to attend and participate. See Delaware Code Title 14 Sec. 3410A
• Secretary: means the Secretary of the Department of Health and Social Services or such persons as may be designated by the Secretary. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 101
• Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
• Short-term consumer loan: means a loan of $500 or less made to an individual borrower that charges interest and/or fees for which the stated repayment period is less than 60 days and is not secured by title to a motor vehicle. See Delaware Code Title 5 Sec. 961
• Signature: means both a written signature conforming to § 302(23) of Title 1 and a digital or electronic signature that is an electronic sound, symbol or process attached to or logically associated with a document and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the document as specified by the State Election Commissioner. See Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 101
• Smoke control system: means an engineered system that includes all methods that can be used singly or in combination to modify smoke movement, including engineered systems that use mechanical fans to produce pressure differences across smoke barriers to inhibit smoke movement. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 6601D
• Smoke damper: means a device within an air distribution system to control the movement of smoke, and includes devices installed in air conditioning systems to control the movement of smoke. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 6601D
• State: includes a state, district, commonwealth, territory, insular possession and any other area subject to the legislative authority of the United States of America. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 2710
• State bank: means a bank or trust company chartered under the laws of this State. See Delaware Code Title 5 Sec. 781
• State Board: consists of 9 members who are citizens of this State andappointed as follows:

  (1) The Governor shall appoint, with Senate confirmation, 7 voting members. See Delaware Code Title 14 Sec. 104

• sterilization: means any surgical or medical procedure intended to render a person permanently unable to procreate. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 5701
• Student with an intellectual disability: means a student with a cognitive impairment characterized by significant limitations in cognitive functioning and adaptive behavior as expressed in conceptual, social, and practical adaptive skills who meets 1 or both of the following:

  a. See Delaware Code Title 14 Sec. 3422A

• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
• surgeon: means a physician or surgeon licensed or authorized to practice under the laws of any state. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 2710
• Testator: A male person who leaves a will at death.
• Tissue bank: means a person that is licensed, accredited, or regulated under federal or state law to engage in the recovery, screening, testing, processing, storage, or distribution of tissue. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 2710
• Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
• Trust: means a trust which is revocable or irrevocable and which has at least 1 individual as its current beneficiary. See Delaware Code Title 14 Sec. 3485
• Trust account: A general term that covers all types of accounts in a trust department, such as estates, guardianships, and agencies. ^{Source: OCC}
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
• Tuition: means costs associated with coursework and CTP Program-related fees. See Delaware Code Title 14 Sec. 3422A
• Under age: means an age of less than 18 years. 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
• Violent felony: shall mean any felony listed in § 4201(c) of Title 11, except for drug-related offenses set forth in Title 16. See Delaware Code Title 14 Sec. 3402A
• waiver: means the Delaware Fostering Independence Through Education Tuition Waiver Program established under this subchapter. See Delaware Code Title 14 Sec. 3432A
• Workout agreement: means an agreement between an individual borrower and a bank, trust company or savings bank for the repayment of an outstanding and unpaid indebtedness which requires a net reduction of not less than 10% of such indebtedness per payment period. See Delaware Code Title 5 Sec. 961
• Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.
• Year: means a calendar year, and is equivalent to the words "year of our Lord. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302