Terms Used In Delaware Code > Title 6 > Chapter 27 > Subchapter IV - Consumer Contracts

• Automatic renewal provision: means a provision under which a contract is renewed for a specified period of more than 1 month if the renewal causes the contract to be in effect more than 12 months after the day of the initiation of the contract and such renewal is effective unless the consumer gives notice to the seller of the consumer's intention to terminate the contract. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 2731
• Clearly and conspicuously: means either that printed disclosures must be in larger type than the surrounding text, or in contrasting type, font, or color to the surrounding text of the same size, or set off from the surrounding text of the same size by symbols or other marks, or by way of a recorded audio disclosure, in a manner that clearly calls attention to the language. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 2731
• Consumer: means an individual who purchases or leases merchandise primarily for personal, family or household purposes. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 2731
• Contract: means any contract for the sale of merchandise or any lease. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 2731
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• 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.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Lease: means any lease, offer to lease or attempt to lease any merchandise. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 2731
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Merchandise: means any objects, wares, goods, commodities, intangibles, real estate or services, other than insurance. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 2731
• Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Person: means an individual, corporation, government or governmental subdivision or agency, statutory trust, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, unincorporated association, 2 or more of any of the foregoing having a joint or common interest or any other legal or commercial entity. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 2731
• Sale: means any sale, offer for sale or attempt to sell any merchandise for cash or credit. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 2731
• Seller: means any person engaged in commerce that sells, leases, or offers to sell or lease any merchandise to a consumer. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 2731
• 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
• 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
• Year: means a calendar year, and is equivalent to the words "year of our Lord. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302