Terms Used In Delaware Code > Title 18 > Chapter 33 > Subchapter II - Pre-Authorization Transparency

• 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.
• 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.
• Customer: means a person who purchases portable electronics or services. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 2051
• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• Enrolled customer: means a customer who elects coverage under a portable electronics insurance policy issued to a vendor of portable electronics. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 2051
• 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.
• Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• 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}
• Limited license: means the authority of a person or entity authorized to sell certain coverages relating to the rental of vehicles pursuant to this chapter. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 2002
• Location: means any physical location in the State or any website, call center site or similar location directed to residents of the State. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 2051
• Portable electronics: means electronic devices that are portable in nature, their accessories and services related to the use of the device. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 2051
• Portable electronics insurance: means insurance providing coverage for the repair or replacement of portable electronics which may provide coverage for portable electronics against any 1 or more of the following: loss, theft, inoperability due to mechanical failure, malfunction, damage, or other similar cause of need for repair or replacement. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 2051
• 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
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Supervising entity: means a business entity that is a licensed insurer or insurance producer that is appointed by an insurer to supervise the administration of a portable electronics insurance program. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 2051
• United States: includes its territories and possessions and the District of Columbia. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
• Vendor: means a person in the business of engaging in portable electronics transactions directly or indirectly. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 2051
• Year: means a calendar year, and is equivalent to the words "year of our Lord. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302