Terms Used In Delaware Code > Title 12 > Chapter 2 > Subchapter III - Disposition of a Person's Last Remains

• Adult: means a natural person 18 years of age or older. See Delaware Code Title 12 Sec. 260
• Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
• Case law: The law as laid down in cases that have been decided in the decisions of the courts.
• Child: means a person who has not reached the age of 18 years. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
• Codicil: An addition, change, or supplement to a will executed with the same formalities required for the will itself.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• 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.
• Council: means the Council on Police Training. See Delaware Code Title 11 Sec. 8401
• Court: means the Court of Chancery. See Delaware Code Title 12 Sec. 39A-101
• Decedent: A deceased person.
• Declarant: means a competent adult who signs a declaration pursuant to the provisions of this article. See Delaware Code Title 12 Sec. 260
• Declaration instrument: means a written instrument, signed by a declarant, governing the disposition of the declarant's last remains and the ceremonies planned after a declarant's death, including a document governing the disposition of last remains under this title or a United States Department of Defense Record of Emergency Data Form (DD Form 93) or any successor form executed by the declarant. See Delaware Code Title 12 Sec. 260
• Emergency: means the respondent is in danger of incurring imminent serious physical harm or substantial economic loss or expense. See Delaware Code Title 12 Sec. 39A-101
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• Last remains: means the deceased's body or cremains after death. See Delaware Code Title 12 Sec. 260
• Lawful age: means the age of 18 years or older. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
• Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
• Party: means the respondent, petitioner, guardian, conservator, or any other person allowed by the Court to participate in a guardianship or protective proceeding. See Delaware Code Title 12 Sec. 39A-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}
• President pro tempore: A constitutionally recognized officer of the Senate who presides over the chamber in the absence of the Vice President. The President Pro Tempore (or, "president for a time") is elected by the Senate and is, by custom, the Senator of the majority party with the longest record of continuous service.
• Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• 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 12 Sec. 39A-101
• 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
• State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, a federally recognized Indian tribe, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 12 Sec. 39A-101
• Third party: includes , but is not limited to, a funeral director, mortician, mortuary, crematorium, or cemetery. See Delaware Code Title 12 Sec. 260
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
• United States: includes its territories and possessions and the District of Columbia. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
• Unreasonable: means an act that is clearly unreasonable, pursuant to the definition of "reasonable under the circumstances" under paragraph (6) of this section. See Delaware Code Title 12 Sec. 260