§ 7-101 Short title
§ 7-102 Definitions and index of definitions
§ 7-103 Relation of article to treaty or statute
§ 7-104 Negotiable and nonnegotiable document of title
§ 7-105 Reissuance in alternative medium
§ 7-106 Control of electronic document of title

Terms Used In Delaware Code > Title 6 > Article 7 > Part 1 - General

  • 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.
  • Bailee: means a person that by a warehouse receipt, bill of lading, or other document of title acknowledges possession of goods and contracts to deliver them. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 7-102
  • Carrier: means a person that issues a bill of lading. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 7-102
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Delivery order: means a record that contains an order to deliver goods directed to a warehouse, carrier, or other person that in the ordinary course of business issues warehouse receipts or bills of lading. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 7-102
  • Document: means :

    a. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 17-101

  • Goods: means all things that are treated as movable for the purposes of a contract for storage or transportation. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 7-102
  • Issuer: means a bailee that issues a document of title or, in the case of an unaccepted delivery order, the person that orders the possessor of goods to deliver. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 7-102
  • Person: means a natural person, partnership (whether general or limited), limited liability company, trust (including a common law trust, business trust, statutory trust, voting trust or any other form of trust), estate, association (including any group, organization, co-tenancy, plan, board, council or committee), corporation, government (including a country, state, county or any other governmental subdivision, agency or instrumentality), custodian, nominee or any other individual or entity (or series thereof) in its own or any representative capacity, in each case, whether domestic or foreign. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 17-101
  • State: means the District of Columbia or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or any state, territory, possession, or other jurisdiction of the United States other than the State of Delaware. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 17-101
  • 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
  • Warehouse: means a person engaged in the business of storing goods for hire. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 7-102