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Terms Used In Alabama Code 10A-3A-8.52

  • certificate of incorporation: as used in this chapter is synonymous to the term certificate of formation used in Chapter 1. See Alabama Code 10A-3A-1.02
  • 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.

A nonprofit corporation may provide in its certificate of incorporation or bylaws that the nonprofit corporation shall indemnify a director who was wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding to which the director was a party because the director was a director of the nonprofit corporation against expenses incurred by the director in connection with the proceeding.