79-14-101 - Definitions.
§ 79-14-101. Definitions.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Certificate of limited partnership" means the certificate referred to in Section 79-14-201, and the certificate as amended or restated.
(2) "Contribution" means any cash, property, services rendered, or a promissory note or other obligation to contribute cash or property or to perform services, which a partner contributes to a limited partnership in his capacity as a partner.
(3) "Deliver" or "delivery" means any method of delivery used in conventional commercial practice, including delivery by hand, mail, commercial delivery, and electronic transmission. If delivery is to the Secretary of State, delivery may be made by electronic transmission if, to the extent, and in the manner permitted by the Secretary of State.
(4) "Electronic transmission" or "electronically transmitted" means any process of communication not directly involving the physical transfer of paper that is suitable for the retention, retrieval, and reproduction of information by the recipient.
(5) "Entity" means any association or legal entity organized to conduct business, including, without limitation, limited partnerships, for profit and nonprofit corporations, general partnerships, limited liability partnerships, limited liability companies, joint ventures, joint stock companies and business trusts.
(6) "Event of withdrawal of a general partner" means an event that causes a person to cease to be a general partner as provided in Section 79-14-402.
(7) "Foreign limited partnership" means a partnership formed under the laws of another state or under the laws of a foreign country or foreign jurisdiction and having as partners one or more general partners and one or more limited partners (or their equivalence under any name).
(8) "General partner" means a person who has been admitted to a limited partnership as a general partner in accordance with the partnership agreement or the provisions of this chapter and named in the certificate of limited partnership as a general partner.
(9) "Limited partner" means a person who has been admitted to a limited partnership as a limited partner in accordance with the partnership agreement.
(10) "Limited partnership" and "domestic limited partnership" mean a partnership formed by two (2) or more persons under the laws of this state and having one or more general partners and one or more limited partners.
(11) "Organizational documents" means the basic document or documents that create or determine the internal governance of an entity.
(12) "Partner" means a limited or general partner.
(13) "Partnership agreement" means any valid agreement, written or oral, of the partners as to the affairs of a limited partnership and the conduct of its business.
(14) "Partnership interest" means a partner's share of the profits and losses of a limited partnership and the right to receive distributions of limited partnership assets.
(15) "Person" means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited partnership, association, joint venture, government, governmental subdivision or agency, any other legal or commercial entity, nominee or any individual or entity in any representative capacity.
(16) "Sign" or "signature" includes any manual, facsimile, conformed or electronic signature.
(17) "State" means a state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
Sources: Laws, 1987, ch. 488, § 101; Laws, 1997, ch. 418, § 12; Laws, 2000, ch. 469, § 40, eff from and after July 1, 2000.