Terms Used In Delaware Code > Title 6 > Article 7 > Part 4 - Warehouse Receipts and Bills of Lading: General Obligations

• 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
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• 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
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• 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
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Warehouse: means a person engaged in the business of storing goods for hire. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 7-102