Terms Used In Delaware Code > Title 7 > Chapter 41 > Subchapter II - Boards of Ditch Commissioners

• commercial fertilizer: means any substance containing 1 or more recognized plant nutrient(s) which is used for its plant nutrient content and which is designed for use or claimed to have value in promoting plant growth, except unmanipulated animal and vegetable manures, marl, lime, limestone, wood ashes and other products exempted by regulation of the Secretary;

  a. See Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 2103

• deficiency: means the amount of nutrient found by analysis less than that guaranteed which may result from a lack of nutrient ingredients or from lack of uniformity. See Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 2103
• Department: means State Department of Agriculture. See Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 2103
• label: means the display of all written, printed or graphic matter upon the immediate container or statement accompanying a commercial fertilizer or soil conditioner. See Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 2103
• labeling: means any advertising, promotional or promotion of any fertilizer or soil conditioner including, but not limited to, all written, printed, graphic or electronic communication used in promoting the sale of such fertilizer or soil conditioner. See Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 2103
• mixed fertilizer: is a commercial fertilizer containing any combination of mixture of fertilizer materials;

  c. See Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 2103

• official sample: means any sample of commercial fertilizer or soil conditioner taken by the Secretary or the Secretary's agent and designated as "official" by the Secretary. See Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 2103
• person: includes individual, partnership, association, ?rm and corporation. See Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 2103
• Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• registrant: means the person who registers commercial fertilizer or soil conditioner under this chapter. See Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 2103
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• Secretary: means the Secretary of the State Department of Agriculture or the Secretary's duly authorized delegates. See Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 2103
• soil conditioner: means any substance or mixture of substances, including any plant biostimulant, imported, manufactured, prepared or sold for manurial soil-enriching or soil-corrective purposes or intended to be used for promoting or stimulating the growth of plants, increasing the productivity of plants, improving the quality of crops, or producing any chemical, biochemical, biological or physical change in the soil, except commercial fertilizer as defined in this chapter, unmanipulated animal and vegetable manures, and agricultural liming materials. See Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 2103
• 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
• Year: means a calendar year, and is equivalent to the words "year of our Lord. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302