Delaware Code Title 10. Courts and Judicial Procedure § 7003. Definitions

(1) “Conviction” means as defined under § 222 of Title 11.  “Conviction” also includes a case in which a person is adjudicated delinquent under § 1002 of this title.

(2) “Defendant” means a defendant in a criminal case or a respondent in a juvenile delinquency case.

(3) “Heirs” means the executor or administrator of a decedent's estate, the decedent's personal representatives, or both.

(4) “Incarceration,” in addition to its ordinary meaning, means any of the following:

(5) “Petitioner” means the individual claiming wrongful conviction and, if that individual is deceased, the individual's heirs.  In petitions brought by heirs, the term “petitioner” also means the deceased individual who claimed wrongful conviction where it is used to describe the petitioner's prosecution, the petitioner's conviction, the petitioner's sentence, settlements by and civil awards to the petitioner, and the petitioner's costs for reintegrative services, mental health care, or physical health care.