Sections
Subchapter I State Fire Prevention Commission 6601 – 6611
Subchapter II State Fire Marshal 6612 – 6616
Subchapter III State Fire School 6617 – 6623
Subchapter IV Smoke Detectors 6631 – 6637
Subchapter V False Fire Alarms 6638 – 6645
Subchapter VI Volunteer Firefighters 6646 – 6647
Subchapter VII Delaware Burn Camp 6648 – 6650

Terms Used In Delaware Code > Title 16 > Chapter 66 - Fire Prevention

  • Active: means either of the following:

    a. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 6701B

  • Actuarial certification: means a written statement by a member of the American Academy of Actuaries, or other individual acceptable to the Commissioner, that a small employer carrier is in compliance with the provisions of § 7205 of this title, based upon an examination and including a review of the appropriate records and the actuarial assumptions and methods used by the small employer carrier in establishing premium rates for applicable health benefit plans. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 7202
  • Advanced-stage cancer: means a diagnosis by a board certified physician in the medical specialty appropriate for the type of cancer diagnosed that there are 1 or more malignant tumors characterized by the uncontrollable and abnormal growth and spread of malignant cells with invasion of normal tissue and that there is metastasis and:

    a. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 6701B

  • Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • affiliated: means any entity or person who directly or indirectly through 1 or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by, or is under common control with, a specified entity or person. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 7202
  • Affiliation period: means a period of time not to exceed 2 months (3 months for late enrollees) during which a health maintenance organization does not collect premiums and coverage issued is not effective. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 7202
  • Alarm Activation Report: means a designated form issued by the State Fire Marshal for use by the Fire Chief indicating the alarm signal was found to be the result of a false alarm. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 6638
  • Alarm signal: means the activation of a fire alarm signaling system or a fire suppression system that requests a response by a fire department. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 6638
  • 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.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • Applicant: shall mean :

    a. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 7103

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • 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.
  • Audible alarm: means any device, bell, horn, or siren which is attached to the interior or exterior of a building, emits a warning signal outside the building and is designed to attract attention when activated by a fire. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 6638
  • Base premium rate: means , for each class of business as to a rating period, the lowest premium rate charged or that could have been charged under a rating system for that class of business by the small employer carrier to small employers with similar case characteristics for health benefit plans with the same or similar coverage. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 7202
  • Basic health benefit plan: means a lower cost health benefit plan developed pursuant to § 7211 of this title. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 7202
  • Board: means the Industrial Accident Board. See Delaware Code Title 19 Sec. 2301
  • Board: means the board of directors of the program established pursuant to § 7210 of this title [repealed]. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 7202
  • Board: means the Enhanced 911 Emergency Reporting System Service Board. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 10002
  • Bona fide association: means , with respect to health insurance coverage offered in Delaware, an association which:

    a. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 7202

  • Bridge: means the Delaware Memorial Bridge over the Delaware River and all approaches thereto and approach highways and all other buildings or structures connected with the Bridge and all equipment essential to the operation thereof and also all property rights, easements and franchises relating thereto and deemed necessary or convenient for the construction or operation thereof and may include any highways connecting the Bridge with a state road. See Delaware Code Title 17 Sec. 301
  • Cancer: means a malignant tumor characterized by the uncontrolled and abnormal growth and spread of malignant cells and invasion of normal tissue. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 6701B
  • Carrier: means any entity that provides health insurance in this State. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 7202
  • Case characteristics: means demographic or other objective characteristics of a small employer that are considered by the small employer carrier in the determination of premium rates for the small employer, provided that claim experience, health status and duration of coverage shall not be case characteristics for the purposes of this chapter. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 7202
  • Certificate: shall mean , for the purposes of this chapter, any certificate issued under a group long-term care insurance policy, which policy has been delivered or issued for delivery in this State. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 7103
  • Child: means a person who has not reached the age of 18 years. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
  • Class of business: means all of a carrier's business unless more than 1 class is established pursuant to § 7204 of this title. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 7202
  • Codicil: An addition, change, or supplement to a will executed with the same formalities required for the will itself.
  • Commission: shall mean the Public Service Commission. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 10002
  • Commissioner: shall mean the Insurance Commissioner of this State. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 7103
  • Commissioner: means the Insurance Commissioner of this State. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 7202
  • Committee: means the Health Benefit Plan Committee created pursuant to § 7211 of this title. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 7202
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Concurrent resolution: A legislative measure, designated "S. Con. Res." and numbered consecutively upon introduction, generally employed to address the sentiments of both chambers, to deal with issues or matters affecting both houses, such as a concurrent budget resolution, or to create a temporary joint committee. Concurrent resolutions are not submitted to the President/Governor and thus do not have the force of law.
  • Conspicuously displayed: means highlighted through the use of capitalization, bold print, underlining or some combination thereof. See Delaware Code Title 5 Sec. 961
  • Construction: means the first complete building or rebuilding of a highway after it has been converted into a state highway upon a modern engineering design with a permanent foundation of cement, concrete or other equally hard and permanent material and a top dressing of suitable material to economically withstand the wear of the particular traffic to which such highway will probably be subject with an adequate drainage system so that such highway, with reasonable maintenance, can reasonably be expected to endure for upwards of 40 years. See Delaware Code Title 17 Sec. 101
  • Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
  • 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.
  • cost of construction: means the cost of construction, the cost of all lands, properties, rights, easements, franchises, ferries and ferry equipment acquired, the cost of all machinery and equipment, financing charges, interest prior to and during the construction and for 1 year after such Bridge is opened for public use, cost of traffic estimates and of engineering data, engineering and legal expense, cost of plans, specifications, surveys, estimates of costs and of revenues, other expenses necessary or incident to determining the feasibility or practicability of the enterprise, administrative expense, insurance or bond premiums and such other expenses as may be necessary or incidental to the financing of the Bridge, as defined in this section, the construction thereof, the placing of the same in operation and the condemnation of property necessary for such construction and operation and any obligation or expense incurred by or on behalf of the Department or by any corporation, board or authority for traffic surveys, borings, preparation of plans and specifications and other engineering services which may be utilized by the Department in the construction of the Bridge or incurred for legal expenses in connection with the authorization of the construction or financing of the Bridge shall be regarded as a part of the cost of such Bridge. See Delaware Code Title 17 Sec. 301
  • Creditable coverage: means , with respect to an individual, health benefits or coverage provided under any of the following:

    a. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 7202

  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Department: means the Department of Labor. See Delaware Code Title 19 Sec. 2301
  • Department: means the Department of Transportation or if the Department is abolished, any board, commission or officer succeeding to the principal functions thereof or to whom the powers given by this chapter to the Department shall be given by law. See Delaware Code Title 17 Sec. 301
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Dependent: means a spouse, a child under the age of 26 years, and an unmarried child of any age who is medically certified as totally disabled and dependent upon the parent. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 7202
  • 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
  • Dispatch center: means a location specifically configured for the primary purpose of providing emergency communications services, public safety answering point services, and dispatch of fire apparatus to emergency situations. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 6638
  • Division: means the Division of Public Health. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 101
  • Eligible employee: means an employee who works on a full-time basis and has a normal work week of 30 or more hours. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 7202
  • Embezzlement: In most states, embezzlement is defined as theft/larceny of assets (money or property) by a person in a position of trust or responsibility over those assets. Embezzlement typically occurs in the employment and corporate settings. Source: OCC
  • Employee: means every person in service of any corporation (private, public, municipal or quasi-public), association, firm or person, excepting those employees excluded by this subchapter, under any contract of hire, express or implied, oral or written, or performing services for a valuable consideration, excluding spouse and minor children of a farm employer unless the spouse or minor child is a bona fide employee of a farm employer and is named in an endorsement to the farm employer's contract of insurance, and excluding any person whose employment is casual and not in the regular course of the trade, business, profession or occupation of his or her employer, and not including persons to whom articles or materials are furnished or repaired, or adopted for sale in the worker's own home, or on the premises not under the control or management of the employer. See Delaware Code Title 19 Sec. 2301
  • Employer: includes all those who employ others unless they are excluded from the application of this chapter by any provision of this subchapter, and if the employer is insured, the term shall include the insurer as far as practicable; employer shall also include the governing body for which employable relief recipients are assigned work under §§ 901-905 of Title 31. See Delaware Code Title 19 Sec. 2301
  • Established geographic service area: means a geographic area, as approved by the Commissioner and based on the carrier's certificate of authority to transact insurance in this State, within which the carrier is authorized to provide coverage. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 7202
  • 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.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • False alarm: includes :

    a. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 6638

  • Fire alarm contractor: means a person or company licensed by the State Fire Marshal's Office and engaged in installing, maintaining, monitoring, altering, or servicing fire alarm signaling or fire suppression systems. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 6638
  • Fire alarm signaling monitoring company: means a station or building located remote from the protected premises where fire alarm signals from one or more protected premises are received and from where, upon receipt of such signal, a dispatch center is notified. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 6638
  • Fire alarm signaling system: means an automatic or manual fire alarm or fire suppression system in accordance with the State Fire Prevention Regulations. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 6638
  • Fire chief: means the fire chief or officer in charge of the responding fire department. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 6638
  • Fire company: means a company in the State comprised of volunteer firefighters, fire police, paid employees of volunteer fire companies, volunteer ambulance companies, volunteer ambulance company members, paid employees of volunteer ambulance companies, and firefighters who are a part of an all-paid force. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 6701B
  • Fire department: means a department in the State comprised of volunteer firefighters, fire police, paid employees of volunteer fire companies, volunteer ambulance companies, volunteer ambulance company members, paid employees of volunteer ambulance companies, and firefighters who are a part of an all-paid force. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 6701B
  • Fire instructor: means an individual who actively teaches and holds a certificate to teach firefighter training courses, issued by and employed by the Delaware State Fire School. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 6701B
  • Fire marshal: means a person who is an official responsible for enforcing fire regulations or investigating fires in the State under § 6612 of Title 16. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 6701B
  • Fire police: means a member of a fire company who has taken the oath to perform police duties at fires, fire drills, and any emergencies or functions covered by the fire company. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 6701B
  • 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.
  • Fit test: means the self-contained breathing apparatus fit test conducted yearly pursuant to requirements of 29 CFR § 1910. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 6701B
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Freedom of Information Act: A federal law that mandates that all the records created and kept by federal agencies in the executive branch of government must be open for public inspection and copying. The only exceptions are those records that fall into one of nine exempted categories listed in the statute. Source: OCC
  • Fund: means the 911 Emergency Reporting System Service Fund created by Chapter 101 of this title. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 10002
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Group long-term care insurance: shall mean a long-term care insurance policy which is delivered or issued for delivery in this State and issued to:

    a. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 7103

  • Guarantor: A party who agrees to be responsible for the payment of another party's debts should that party default. Source: OCC
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Health benefit plan: means any hospital or medical expense policy or certificate, hospital or medical service corporation contract, health maintenance organization or health service corporation subscriber contract or any other similar health contract, including a high deductible medical expense policy used in conjunction with a medical savings account, subject to the jurisdiction of the Commissioner available for use, offered or sold to an individual in the State of Delaware. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 7202
  • Health status-related factor: means any of the following factors:

    a. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 7202

  • highway: include any public way or road or portion thereof and any sewer, drain or drainage system connected therewith and any bridge, culvert, viaduct or other construction or artificial way used in connection therewith and anything which is accessory to any of the same or to the use thereof. See Delaware Code Title 17 Sec. 101
  • Index rate: means , for each class of business as to a rating period for small employers, the arithmetic average of the applicable base premium rate and the corresponding highest premium rate. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 7202
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Insurance carrier: means any insurance corporation, mutual association or company or interinsurance exchange which insures employers against liability under this chapter or against liability at common law for accidental injuries to employees. See Delaware Code Title 19 Sec. 2301
  • Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. Source: OCC
  • Ionizing radiation: means any particulate or electromagnetic radiation capable of producing ions directly or indirectly in its passage through matter. See Delaware Code Title 19 Sec. 2301
  • 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.
  • Late enrollee: means an eligible employee or dependent who requests enrollment in a group health benefit plan following the initial enrollment period during which such individual is entitled to enroll under the terms of the health benefit plan, if such initial enrollment period is a period of at least 30 days. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 7202
  • 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
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Loan: means any single extension of closed end credit. See Delaware Code Title 5 Sec. 961
  • Long-term care insurance: shall mean any insurance policy or rider advertised, marketed, offered or designed to provide coverage for not less than 12 consecutive months for each covered person on an expense incurred, indemnity, prepaid or other basis, for 1 or more necessary or medically necessary diagnostic, preventive, therapeutic, rehabilitative, maintenance or personal care services, provided in a setting other than an acute care unit of a hospital. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 7103
  • Medical care: means amounts paid for:

    a. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 7202

  • Monitored system: means the process by which a fire alarm signaling monitoring company receives signals from a fire alarm system and notifies the dispatch center. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 6638
  • Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • New business premium rate: means , for each class of business as to a rating period, the lowest premium rate charged or offered or which could have been charged or offered by the small employer carrier to small employers with similar case characteristics for newly issued health benefit plans with the same or similar coverage. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 7202
  • 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.
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Owner: includes all persons having any title or interest in any property, rights, easements or franchises authorized to be acquired by this chapter. See Delaware Code Title 17 Sec. 301
  • Owner: means any person who owns the premises where the fire alarm signaling system or fire suppression system is installed or the person or persons who lease, operate, occupy, manage the premises, or are bound by the contract for services provided by the fire alarm signaling monitoring company. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 6638
  • Paid firefighter: means a person who has been approved by the Delaware Fire School as a firefighter, as evidenced by an annual fit test, and who is faithfully and actually performing service in the protection of life and property from fire or other emergency, accident, or calamity in connection with which the service of the fire department or company is required. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 6701B
  • Paramedic: means a person who is employed by a county paramedic service as defined in § 9802(7) of Title 16, has been approved by the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians or the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP), maintains Delaware certification, and is faithfully and actually performing service in the State. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 6701B
  • 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.
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Plan of operation: means the plan of operation of the program established pursuant to § 7210 of this title [repealed]. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 7202
  • Policy: means a contract between the insurer and the insured which determines the claims which the insurer is legally required to pay based on the benefits outlined in § 6702B of this title. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 6701B
  • Policy: shall mean , for the purposes of this chapter, any policy, contract, subscriber agreement, rider or endorsement delivered or issued for delivery in this State by an insurer; fraternal benefit society; nonprofit health, hospital or medical service corporation; prepaid health plan; health maintenance organization or any similar organization. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 7103
  • Premises: means any building or structure where a fire alarm signaling system is installed. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 6638
  • Premium: means all moneys paid by a small employer and eligible employees as a condition of receiving coverage from a small employer carrier, including any fees or other contributions associated with the health benefit plan. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 7202
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Producer: means agent and/or broker. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 7202
  • Program: means the Delaware Small Employer Reinsurance Program created by § 7210 of this title [repealed]. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 7202
  • Project: includes the Bridge and all additions thereto and improvements thereof, the construction of which is authorized under this chapter. See Delaware Code Title 17 Sec. 301
  • Provider: shall mean a telecommunications service provider, including a wireless provider, any other provider that is required to or opts to provide 911 service, or any intermediate entity or pass through agent providing telecommunications services. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 10002
  • qualifying existing coverage: means benefits or coverage provided under:

    a. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 7202

  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Railroad: means a road, the cars, carriages and coaches on which are propelled by steam power, electricity, cable, motor or any improved motive power. See Delaware Code Title 17 Sec. 101
  • Rating period: means the calendar period for which premium rates established by a small employer carrier are assumed to be in effect. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 7202
  • Recourse: An arrangement in which a bank retains, in form or in substance, any credit risk directly or indirectly associated with an asset it has sold (in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles) that exceeds a pro rata share of the bank's claim on the asset. If a bank has no claim on an asset it has sold, then the retention of any credit risk is recourse. Source: FDIC
  • Reinsuring carrier: means a small employer carrier participating in the reinsurance program pursuant to § 7210 of this title [repealed]. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 7202
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Rescission: The cancellation of budget authority previously provided by Congress. The Impoundment Control Act of 1974 specifies that the President may propose to Congress that funds be rescinded. If both Houses have not approved a rescission proposal (by passing legislation) within 45 days of continuous session, any funds being withheld must be made available for obligation.
  • Restricted network provision: means any provision of a health benefit plan that conditions the payment of benefits, in whole or in part, on the use of health-care providers that have entered into a contractual arrangement with the carrier pursuant to Chapter 64 of this title or otherwise to provide health-care services to covered individuals. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 7202
  • Right of recission: means , with respect to any short-term consumer loan, the right to return any amount borrowed, in full, on or before the close of business of the business day following the day on which such sum has been disbursed or advanced, without the incursion of any fee or other charges. See Delaware Code Title 5 Sec. 961
  • Risk-assuming carrier: means a small employer carrier whose application is approved by the Commissioner pursuant to § 7209 of this title. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 7202
  • savings bank: as used in this chapter , refers to a corporation organized under this chapter. See Delaware Code Title 5 Sec. 1601
  • Secretary: shall mean the Secretary of the Department of Safety and Homeland Security. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 10002
  • Secretary: means the Secretary of the Department of Health and Social Services or such persons as may be designated by the Secretary. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 101
  • Secretary: means the Secretary of Transportation. See Delaware Code Title 17 Sec. 101
  • 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.
  • Short-term consumer loan: means a loan of $500 or less made to an individual borrower that charges interest and/or fees for which the stated repayment period is less than 60 days and is not secured by title to a motor vehicle. See Delaware Code Title 5 Sec. 961
  • Small employer: means any person, firm, corporation, partnership or association that is actively engaged in business that, on at least 50% of its working days during the preceding calendar quarter, employed no more than 50 eligible employees, the majority of whom were employed within this State. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 7202
  • Small employer carrier: means a carrier that offers health benefit plans covering eligible employees of 1 or more small employers in this State. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 7202
  • Standard health benefit plan: means a health benefit plan developed pursuant to § 7211 of this title. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 7202
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • 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.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Unhealthy lifestyle choices: means smoking or maintaining excessive weight, blood pressure or cholesterol, other than due to organic causes that are being treated by a physician, as those conditions or actions may be more fully defined by regulation by the Commissioner. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 7202
  • Volunteer firefighter: means a firefighter who is faithfully and actually performing service in the protection of life and property from fire or other emergency, accident, or calamity in connection with which the service of the fire department or company is required. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 6701B
  • Waiting period: means , with respect to a group health plan and an individual who is a potential participant in or beneficiary of the plan, the period that must pass with respect to the individual before the individual is eligible for benefits under the terms of the plan. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 7202
  • wireless plan: means a document to be prepared, maintained and kept current by the Board providing for all aspects of the development, implementation, operation and maintenance of a statewide wireless E-911 system, including the exclusive authority to approve wireless provider service agreements, advise regarding technical standards, formulate technical plans and determine permitted uses of and amounts disbursed from the 911-Enhanced Emergency Reporting Fund to wireless carriers as of January 1, 2002, pursuant to § 10104 of this title. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 10002
  • Wireless service: means commercial mobile radio service as defined under §§ 3(33) and 332(d) of the Communications Act of 1934 [47 USC §§ 153(33) and 322(d)], as amended by the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 (47 U. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 10002
  • Wireline: means telecommunications service provided in part over fixed physical access facilities, such as wires and cables, between residences or businesses and a telephone company switching office. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 10002
  • Workout agreement: means an agreement between an individual borrower and a bank, trust company or savings bank for the repayment of an outstanding and unpaid indebtedness which requires a net reduction of not less than 10% of such indebtedness per payment period. See Delaware Code Title 5 Sec. 961