Definitions

Definitions. The following definitions govern the use of terms in these Rules: (A) “Electronic Signature” means an electronic sound, symbol or process attached to or logically associated with a document and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the document; (B) "Electronic Recording" or "eRecording" means the process of the office of a Chancery Clerk accepting, recording and indexing a document in an electronic form instead of by paper submission. (C) “PDF” (Portable Document Format) means the file format originally created by Adobe Systems for document exchange allowing documents to be viewed as they were intended to appear. PDFs are a common format for image exchange or Web presentation. (D) “TIFF” (Tagged Image File Format) means the variable-resolution bitmapped image format originally developed by the Aldus Corporation (now part of Adobe Systems) and published as ISO 12639:2004, Graphic technology-Prepress digital data exchange-Tag image file format for image technology (TIFF/IT). TIFF is a common format for high-quality black and white, gray-scaled, or color graphics of any resolution and is made up of individual dots or pixels. (E) “XML” (Extensible Markup Language) means an extensible document language for specifying document content. XML is not a predefined markup language but a metalanguage – a language for describing other languages – allowing the user to specify a document type definition (DTD) and design customized markup languages for different classes of documents. (F) “Trusted Submitter” means a party that has a Trusted Submitter Agreement signed, approved by, and on file with an individual Chancery Clerk as provided in these Rules in order to record documents electronically with that Chancery Clerk. (G) “Trusted Submitter Agreement” means the agreement to be signed by any party who wishes to become a Trusted Submitter as defined in these Rules and which is in a form which substantially conforms to that appended to these Rules as Exhibit A. (H) “Electronic Document” and “Electronic Record” both mean a document that is received by the office of a Chancery Clerk in an electronic form meeting the standards set forth in this Chapter. (I) “Electronic Acceptance" or “Acceptance” means the act of a Chancery Clerk accepting a submitted document for recording through electronic means. (J) "System of Electronic Recording" means a computer program, and the hardware and software components that comprise it, which allows for the receipt and processing of Electronic Documents for recording and indexing. (K) “Delivery Agent” means a third party or entity other than the Trusted Submitter and the Chancery Clerk through whom Electronic Documents and/or recording fees are delivered to the office of a Chancery Clerk.