Delaware Code > Title 7 > Chapter 54 – Unmarked Human Burials and Human Skeletal Remains
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- adult person: means a person of the age of 18 years or older. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
- Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
- Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
- Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
- Committee: means a body of stakeholders that inform the treatment and disposition of unmarked human burials and skeletal remains:
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- Director: means the Director of the Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs, Department of State. See Delaware Code Title 7 Sec. 5402
- Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
- dollars: means lawful money of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
- Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
- Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
- Lineal descendant: means any individual tracing their ancestry directly or by proven kinship. See Delaware Code Title 7 Sec. 5402
- Lineal descendant: Direct descendant of the same ancestors.
- Medical Examiner: means as defined in Chapter 47 of Title 29. See Delaware Code Title 7 Sec. 5402
- Person: means an individual, corporation, partnership, trust, institution, association, or any other private entity or any officer or employee, agent, department, or instrumentality of the United States or of any state or political subdivision thereof. See Delaware Code Title 7 Sec. 5402
- Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
- Professional archaeologist: means a person having all of the following qualifications:
- Proven kinship: means the relationship among individuals that exists because of genetic descent, which includes racial descent. See Delaware Code Title 7 Sec. 5402
- remains: means any part of the body of a deceased human being in any stage of decomposition. See Delaware Code Title 7 Sec. 5402
- Skeletal analyst: means any individual having all of the following qualifications:
- 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
- Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
- United States: includes its territories and possessions and the District of Columbia. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
- Unmarked human burial: means any interment of human skeletal remains for which there exists no grave marker or any other historical documentation providing information as to the identity of the deceased. See Delaware Code Title 7 Sec. 5402
- Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.
- Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.