Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 360

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 71, TITLE 10, DELAWARE CODE, REDEFINING THE WORD "NUISANCE".

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Delaware:

Section 1. § 1701, Title 10 of the Delaware Code, is amended to read as follows:

§ 7101. Definitions

As used in this Chapter—

"Nuisance" means any place, as defined in this Section, in or upon which lewdness, assignation, prostitution, or illegal gambling is conducted, permitted, continued, or exists and the personal property and contents used in conducting or maintaining any such place for any such purpose;

"Person" or "whoever" includes any individual, corporation, association, partnership, trustee, lessee, agent, or assignee;

"Place" includes any building, erection, or place or any separate part or portion thereof, or the ground itself.

Approved April 26, 1962.