Terms Used In Delaware Code > Title 6 > Chapter 25E - Delaware Federal Employees Civil Relief Act

• Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
• board of assessment: shall be construed to mean the "department of finance" insofar as Sussex County is concerned and "Office of Finance" insofar as New Castle County is concerned. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 501
• county engineer: shall be construed to mean the General Manager of the Department of Special Services insofar as New Castle County is concerned. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 501
• County government: means the county governing body;

  (3) "Suburban community" means any unincorporated community within this State:

  a. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 551

• dollars: means lawful money of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
• Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. ^{Source: OCC}
• Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. ^{Source: OCC}
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• real property: is synonymous with the phrase "lands, tenements and hereditaments. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Suburban community: means any unincorporated community within this State:

  1. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 501