Terms Used In Delaware Code > Title 17 > Chapter 18 - Delaware River and Bay Authority

• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• 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
• Controlled areas: means and includes any area inside the boundaries of this State which is adjacent to the right-of-way of a highway of the interstate or primary systems, except that areas beyond 660 feet of the right-of-way inside urban areas shall be excluded from this chapter. See Delaware Code Title 17 Sec. 1102
• Department: means the Department of Transportation. See Delaware Code Title 17 Sec. 1102
• Department: means the Department of Transportation. See Delaware Code Title 17 Sec. 101
• Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}
• 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.
• Gateway sign: means any sign, display, or device intended for its purpose to provide information to the travelling public advising motorists that they are entering the boundaries of a political subdivision or established nonincorporated area of the State. See Delaware Code Title 17 Sec. 1102
• 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
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• Maintain: means to allow to exist in accordance with state law. See Delaware Code Title 17 Sec. 1102
• Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
• 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
• Rest area: means an area or site established and maintained within or adjacent to the right-of-way by or under public supervision or control, for the convenience of the traveling public. See Delaware Code Title 17 Sec. 1102
• Secretary: means the Secretary of Transportation. See Delaware Code Title 17 Sec. 101
• State highway: includes any road or highway or portion thereof which the Department has constructed or of which the Department has taken or assumed control or jurisdiction. See Delaware Code Title 17 Sec. 101
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• United States: includes its territories and possessions and the District of Columbia. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
• Urban areas: means and includes those areas designated as such by the Bureau of the Census and whose boundaries have been approved by the Secretary of the United States Department of Transportation. See Delaware Code Title 17 Sec. 1102
• Visible: means capable of being seen (whether or not legible) without visual aid by a person of normal visual acuity. See Delaware Code Title 17 Sec. 1102