Terms Used In Delaware Code > Title 10 > Chapter 49 > Subchapter I - Subjects of Execution; Exemptions

• Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
• Assessed value: means the total assessed value of all real property in a TIF District subject to taxation as determined by the Assessor, with any adjustment pursuant to paragraph (2) of this section taken into account. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 3202
• Assessor: shall mean the General Manager of the New Castle County Department of Land Use or designee. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 3202
• 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.
• 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.
• 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}
• bond: means any revenue or general obligation bonds or bond, notes or note, or other similar instruments or instrument issued by New Castle County pursuant to and in accordance with this chapter. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 3202
• Chief financial officer: means New Castle County Chief Financial Official or designee. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 3202
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• county: means New Castle County. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 3202
• County council: means New Castle County Council or designee. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 3202
• Decedent: A deceased person.
• Development: means redevelopment, revitalization or renovation. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 3202
• Dower: A widow
• 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.
• 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.
• issuer: means New Castle County when it acts to issue bonds or to any other taxing body when it issues bonds. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 3202
• 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.
• 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.
• Original assessed value: means the assessed value as of January 1 of the calendar year in which the resolution creating the TIF District under § 3206(1) of this title becomes effective. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 3202
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• real property: is synonymous with the phrase "lands, tenements and hereditaments. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• 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
• Tax increment: means for any tax year the amount by which the assessed value as of January 1 preceding that tax year exceeds the original assessed value. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 3202
• TIF District: means an area designated by a resolution described in § 3206(1) of this title. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 3202
• Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
• 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