Delaware Code > Title 31 > Chapter 51 – the Youth Services Commission of Delaware
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- 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.
- Bequest: Property gifted by will.
- Chief judge: The judge who has primary responsibility for the administration of a court but also decides cases; chief judges are determined by seniority.
- Child: means a person who has not reached the age of 18 years. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 4307
- Commitment: refers to the vesting of legal custody of juveniles in the custody of the Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families under the provisions of §§ 5106-5108 of this title. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 7972
- Court: means any court of competent jurisdiction. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 7972
- Department: means the Department of Health and Social Services. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 7972
- Department: means the Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 7972
- Detention: refers to the holding of a juvenile by the Department in the separate Detention Department provided for in § 5110 of this title. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 7972
- Devise: To gift property by will.
- Director: means the Director of the State Division of Public Health. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 7990
- Division: means the State Division of Public Health within the Department of Health and Social Services of the State. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 7990
- Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
- HIV: means the Human Immunodeficiency Virus that causes Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 7990
- Juvenile: means a minor. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 7972
- Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
- Participant: means an injection drug user who exchanges a sterile needle and syringe unit pursuant to the program established in § 7991 of this title. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 7990