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Terms Used In Indiana Code 23-5-1-8

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
   Sec. 8. The power and authority of any business trust authorized under this chapter to transact business in this state shall be as specified in the instrument by which it was created as amended, including but not limited to general grants of power to act and limitations upon individual liability of stockholders, which instrument shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with the common and statutory law applicable to business trusts. Any such trust shall have the right to sue and be sued and if incidental to its purposes the right in its own name, or in the name of the person or persons or corporation or corporations who are from time to time its trustee or trustees, to acquire, hold title to, mortgage, sell, convey, lease, operate, invest in, lend on the security of, and otherwise deal in or with real and personal property; provided, that no business trust shall engage in the business of operating a savings association or credit union or have the power or authority to conduct a banking, railroad, insurance, surety, safe deposit, mortgage guaranty, or building and loan business, or in the business of mining or manufacturing, or in any business regulated under the utility regulatory commission, or take any action which is in violation of this chapter. Subject to the limitations in this section on power and authority, any person dealing with a business trust authorized under this chapter to transact business in this state shall be bound by the terms and conditions of the instrument by which the trust was created and by any amendments thereto which have been filed and recorded in compliance with section 7 of this chapter.

Formerly: Acts 1963, c.353, s.8. As amended by P.L.34-1987, SEC.329; P.L.23-1988, SEC.112; P.L.79-1998, SEC.23.