Delaware Code > Title 16 > Chapter 30F > Subchapter IV – General Provisions Concerning Dogs
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- Agent: shall mean any person authorized by the State to purchase and affix tax stamps on packages of cigarettes. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 7116
- Animal shelter: means a public or private facility which includes a physical structure that provides temporary or permanent shelter to stray, abandoned, abused, or owner-surrendered animals and is operated, owned, or maintained by an incorporated humane society, animal welfare society, or other nonprofit organization for the purpose of providing for and promoting the welfare, protection, and humane treatment of animals. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 3041F
- Animal welfare officer: means an individual employed by the Department or employed by an independent contractor of the Department or by a municipality for the purpose of enforcing dog control laws, rules, regulations, and ordinances. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 3041F
- Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
- Cigarette: means :
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal 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.
- 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: means the Department of Health and Social Services. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 3041F
- 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
- Division: means the Division of Public Health. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 101
- Dog: means any dog or dog hybrid. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 3041F
- 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.
- Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
- 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
- liquefied petroleum gas: as used in this chapter means any material which is composed predominately of any of the following hydrocarbons or mixtures of the same: Propane, propylene, butanes (normal butane and isobutane) and butylenes. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 7201
- Manufacturer: shall mean :
- Oil: means any liquid fuel with a flash point of greater than 100 degrees Fahrenheit, including but not limited to kerosene. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 7306
- Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
- owner: as used in this chapter means any person who holds a written bill of sale under which title or ownership to a container was transferred to such person or any manufacturer of a container who has not sold or transferred ownership thereof by written bill of sale. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 7201
- Owner: means any person who owns, keeps, harbors, or is the custodian of a dog. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 3041F
- 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.
- person: as used in this chapter means any person, firm or corporation. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 7201
- Personal property: All property that is not real property.
- Primary enclosure: means any structure used or designed for use to restrict a dog to a limited amount of space, including a room, pen, cage, compartment, or hutch. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 3041F
- Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
- Quality control and quality assurance program: shall mean the laboratory procedures implemented to ensure that operator bias systematic and nonsystematic methodological errors and equipment-related problems do not affect the results of the testing. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 7116
- Repeatability: shall mean the range of values within which the repeat results of cigarette test trials from a single laboratory will fall 95 percent of the time. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 7116
- Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
- Retail dealer: shall mean any person other than a manufacturer or wholesale dealer engaged in selling cigarettes or tobacco products. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 7116
- Retail dog outlet: means any premises where dogs are sold, or offered or maintained for sale, on a retail basis. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 3041F
- Sale: means in addition to its usual meaning, any sale, transfer, exchange, theft, barter, gift or offer for sale and distribution, in any manner or by any means whatsoever. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 7116
- Sell: shall mean to sell or to offer or agree to do the same. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 7116
- 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 Fire Marshal: shall mean the Delaware State Fire Marshal or the State Fire Marshal's deputies. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 7116
- 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
- Wholesale dealer: shall mean any person who sells cigarettes or tobacco products to retail dealers or other persons for purposes of resale, and any person who owns, operates or maintains 1 or more cigarette or tobacco product vending machines in, at or upon premises owned or occupied by any other person. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 7116
- Year: means a calendar year, and is equivalent to the words "year of our Lord. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302