Terms Used In Delaware Code > Title 29 > Chapter 55A > Subchapter I - General Provisions

• Approved medical leave: means a leave of absence from employment, without pay, for a definite period of time, authorized by the employer, and necessitated by the employee's mental and/or physical condition. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 5551
• Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
• Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. ^{Source: OCC}
• Board: shall mean the Board of Pension Trustees established by § 8308 of this title. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 5551
• Compensation: shall mean all salary, wages and fees, including overtime payments and special payments for extra duties, payable to a member for service credited under paragraph (4)a. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 5551
• 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.
• Credited service: shall mean , for any individual:

  a. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 5551

• Employee: shall mean :

  a. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 5551

• Employer: shall mean a county or municipality, including state governmental subdivisions, Delaware State Housing Authority, volunteer ambulance companies, and volunteer fire companies, in Delaware which has affiliated with the Fund established by Chapter 55 of this title as provided in § 5555 of this title. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 5551
• 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.
• Final average compensation: shall mean 1/6 0 of the compensation paid to an employee during any period of 60 consecutive months or any 60 months comprised of 5 periods of 12 consecutive months in his or her years of credited service in which his or her compensation was highest. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 5551
• Fund: shall mean the Fund established by § 5593 of this title. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 5551
• Inactive member: shall mean a member who:

  a. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 5551

• Juror: A person who is on the jury.
• Member: shall mean a person who is an employee on or after the date the employer affiliates with the Fund. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 5551
• Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
• Person: means and includes an individual, a trust, estate, partnership, association, company or corporation. See Delaware Code Title 30 Sec. 502
• State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, The United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 30 Sec. 502
• 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
• United States: includes its territories and possessions and the District of Columbia. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
• Year: means a calendar year, and is equivalent to the words "year of our Lord. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302