Terms Used In Delaware Code > Title 18 > Chapter 45 - Certificates of Insurance Act

• Administrator: means the Insurance Coverage Administrator, hereinafter established by § 6505 of this title. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 6501
• Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
• 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.
• Committee: means the Insurance Coverage Determination Committee, hereinafter established by § 6502 of this title. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 6501
• Fund: means the State Self-Insurance Fund as provided for by subchapter III of this chapter. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 6501
• Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. ^{Source: FDIC}
• Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
• 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
• 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.