§ 301 Shares of after-born children
§ 302 Raising share of after-born child
§ 303 Appraisal and assignment of intestate real estate; appointment and …
§ 304 Oath of freeholders and surveyor; action by majority
§ 305 Vacancies among freeholders
§ 306 Return of freeholders; conclusiveness
§ 307 Contribution from devisees or legatees
§ 308 Disposition of residue of intestate real or personal estate
§ 309 Application of intestacy laws to lands allotted after-born children
§ 310 Posthumous children
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Terms Used In Delaware Code > Title 12 > Chapter 3 > Subchapter I - After-Born Children

  • Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
  • Chief judge: The judge who has primary responsibility for the administration of a court but also decides cases; chief judges are determined by seniority.
  • Child: means a person who has not reached the age of 18 years. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
  • 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.
  • Court: means the Court of Chancery. See Delaware Code Title 12 Sec. 39A-101
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Dower: A widow
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Germane: On the subject of the pending bill or other business; a strict standard of relevance.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Infancy: means an age of less than 18 years. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
  • Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
  • Proxy voting: The practice of allowing a legislator to cast a vote in committee for an absent legislator.
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • 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
  • Testate: To die leaving a will.
  • Testator: A male person who leaves a will at death.
  • United States: includes its territories and possessions and the District of Columbia. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
  • Year: means a calendar year, and is equivalent to the words "year of our Lord. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302