Terms Used In Delaware Code > Title 10 > Chapter 47 > Subchapter III - Satisfaction of Judgments

• Administrative tribunal: shall mean a show cause hearing before the Code Official for New Castle County. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 2901
• 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.
• Building: shall mean a structure having a roof, and intended to shelter persons, animals, property or business activity. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 2901
• Commission: means Regional Planning Commission of New Castle County in § 3003 of this title but shall mean the Department of Land Use in all other sections. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 3001
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• 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.
• County: means New Castle County. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 3001
• County Council: shall mean the County Council for New Castle County. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 2901
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Department of Land Use: shall mean the New Castle County Department of Land Use. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 2901
• District: means Regional Planning District of New Castle County, which comprises all that portion of the County not included within the corporate limits of any city or town, unless any territory within such corporate limits is included upon request made by the governing body or authority of any such city or town. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 3001
• Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
• Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• 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}
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• 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}
• 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.
• Person responsible: shall mean the owner and any other person or persons who have control over the property or are responsible for the violation. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 2901
• Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
• Plan: means the map, plat, or other document verbally or graphically illustrating or describing a plan of subdivision or land development. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 3001
• 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}
• Property: shall mean a lot, plot or parcel of land, including any structures thereon. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 2901
• Recorder of Deeds: means Recorder of Deeds in and for New Castle County. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 3001
• Regulations: means land subdivision regulations. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 3001
• 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.
• 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
• Structure: shall mean a manmade object having an ascertainable stationary location on land or in water, whether or not affixed to the land. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 2901
• Subdivision: means :

  a. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 3001

• 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.
• 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