(a) No sale, whether with or without bill of sale, of any goods or chattels, within this State, shall be good in law (except as against the vendor), or shall change or alter the property in such goods or chattels, unless a valuable consideration for the same is paid, or in good faith secured to be paid, and unless the goods and chattels sold are actually delivered into the possession of the vendee, as soon as it is convenient after the making of such sale.

(b) If the goods and chattels, so sold, afterwards come into and continue in the possession of the vendor, that vendor shall be liable to the demands of all creditors.

Code 1852, §§  1163, 1164;  Code 1915, §  2623;  Code 1935, §  3103;  6 Del. C. 1953, §  2711;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1; 

All promises and assumptions, whereby any person undertakes to answer, or pay, for the default, debt, or miscarriage, of another, any sum under $5.00, being proved by the oath or affirmation of the persons to whom such promise and assumption are made, are good and available in law to charge the party making such promise or assumption.

Code 1852, §  1165;  Code 1915, §  2624;  Code 1935, §  3104;  6 Del. C. 1953, §  2712; 

No action shall be brought to charge any executor or administrator upon any special promise to answer damages out of his or her own estate, or to charge any defendant, upon any special promise, to answer for the debt, default, or miscarriage of another person, of the value of $5.00 and not more than $25, unless such promise and assumption is proved by the oath or affirmation of one credible witness, or some memorandum, or note in writing is signed by the party to be charged therewith.

Code 1852, §  1166;  Code 1915, §  2625;  Code 1935, §  3105;  6 Del. C. 1953, §  2713;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1; 

(a) No action shall be brought to charge any person upon any agreement made upon consideration of marriage, or upon any contract or sale of lands, tenements, or hereditaments, or any interest in or concerning them, or upon any agreement that is not to be performed within the space of 1 year from the making thereof, or to charge any person to answer for the debt, default, or miscarriage, of another, in any sum of the value of $25 and upwards, unless the contract is reduced to writing, or some memorandum, or notes thereof, are signed by the party to be charged therewith, or some other person thereunto by the party lawfully authorized in writing; except for goods, wares and merchandise, sold and delivered, money loaned and other matters which are properly chargeable in an account, in which case the oath or affirmation of the plaintiff, together with a record regularly and fairly kept, shall be allowed to be given in evidence in order to charge the defendant with the sums therein contained.

(b) A contract, promise, undertaking or commitment to loan money or to grant or extend credit, or any modification thereof, in an amount greater than $100,000, not primarily for personal, family, or household purposes, made by a person engaged in the business of lending or arranging for the lending of money or the extending of credit shall be invalid unless it or some note or memorandum thereof is in writing and subscribed by the party to be charged or by the party’s agent. For purposes of this section, a contract, promise, undertaking or commitment to loan money secured solely by residential property consisting of 1 to 4 dwelling units shall be deemed to be for personal, family or household purposes.

(c) For the purposes of this section, “writing” includes microphotography, photography and photostating, and a microphotographic, photographic or photostatic copy of any agreement covered by this section. Such copy or copies having been regularly made and kept in the course of business, shall be equally competent as evidence as the original of such agreement, where the original is inaccessible or has been destroyed or otherwise disposed of in good faith in the regular course of business and where the mode of making such microphotograph, photograph or photostat was such as to justify its admission as a true copy of the original.

Code 1852, §  1167;  13 Del. Laws, c. 451;  Code 1915, §  2626;  38 Del. Laws, c. 157;  Code 1935, §  3106;  48 Del. Laws, c. 224, §  1;  6 Del. C. 1953, §  2714;  67 Del. Laws, c. 189, §§  1-3;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1; 

No action shall be brought to charge the personal representatives or heirs of any deceased person upon any agreement to make a will of real or personal property, or to give a legacy or make a devise, unless such agreement is reduced to writing, or some memorandum or note thereof is signed by the person whose personal representatives or heirs are sought to be charged, or some other person lawfully authorized in writing, by the decedent, to sign for in the decedent’s absence. This section shall not apply to any agreement made prior to May 1, 1933.

Code 1852, §  1167;  13 Del. Laws, c. 451;  Code 1915, §  2626;  38 Del. Laws, c. 157;  Code 1935, §  3106;  48 Del. Laws, c. 224, §  1;  6 Del. C. 1953, §  2715;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;