Terms Used In Alaska Statutes > Title 45 > Chapter 56 > Article 4 - Administration and Judicial Review

• action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
• administrator: means the commissioner of commerce, community, and economic development or a designee of the commissioner. See Alaska Statutes 45.56.900
• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• agent: means an individual, other than a broker-dealer, who represents a broker-dealer in effecting or attempting to effect purchases or sales of securities or represents an issuer in effecting or attempting to effect purchases or sales of the issuer's securities. See Alaska Statutes 45.56.900
• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
• bank: means
  (A) a banking institution organized under the laws of the United States. See Alaska Statutes 45.56.900
• broker-dealer: means a person engaged in the business of effecting transactions in securities for the accounts of others or for the person's own account. See Alaska Statutes 45.56.900
• common enterprise: means an enterprise in which the fortunes of the investor are interwoven with those of the person offering the investment, a third party, or other investors. See Alaska Statutes 45.56.900
• Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• 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.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• deceit: include common law deceit. See Alaska Statutes 45.56.900
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• defraud: includes engaging in common law deceit. See Alaska Statutes 45.56.900
• department: means the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development. See Alaska Statutes 45.56.900
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• depository institution: means
  (A) a bank. See Alaska Statutes 45.56.900
• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• federal covered investment adviser: means a person registered under 15 U. See Alaska Statutes 45.56.900
• Federal Reserve System: The central bank of the United States. The Fed, as it is commonly called, regulates the U.S. monetary and financial system. The Federal Reserve System is composed of a central governmental agency in Washington, D.C. (the Board of Governors) and twelve regional Federal Reserve Banks in major cities throughout the United States. ^{Source: OCC}
• Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
• filing: means the receipt under this chapter of a record by the administrator or a designee of the administrator. See Alaska Statutes 45.56.900
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• guaranteed: means guaranteed as to payment of all principal and all interest. See Alaska Statutes 45.56.900
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• institutional investor: means any of the following, whether acting for itself or for others in a fiduciary capacity:
  (A) a depository institution, a trust company organized or chartered under the laws of this state, or an international banking institution. See Alaska Statutes 45.56.900
• insurance company: means a company organized as an insurance company whose primary business is writing insurance or reinsuring risks underwritten by insurance companies and that is subject to supervision by the insurance commissioner or a similar official or agency of a state. See Alaska Statutes 45.56.900
• insured: means insured as to payment of all principal and all interest. See Alaska Statutes 45.56.900
• international banking institution: means an international financial institution of which the United States is a member and whose securities are exempt from registration under 15 U. See Alaska Statutes 45.56.900
• investment adviser: includes a financial planner or other person that, as an integral component of other financially related services, provides investment advice to others for compensation as part of a business or that holds itself out as providing investment advice to others for compensation. See Alaska Statutes 45.56.900
• investment adviser representative: means an individual employed by or associated with an investment adviser or federal covered investment adviser and who makes any recommendations or otherwise gives investment advice regarding securities, manages accounts or portfolios of clients, determines which recommendation or advice regarding securities should be given, provides investment advice or offers to provide investment advice, receives compensation to solicit, offer, or negotiate for the sale of or for selling investment advice, or supervises employees who perform any of the foregoing. See Alaska Statutes 45.56.900
• issuer: means a person that issues or proposes to issue a security, subject to the following:
  (A) the issuer of a voting trust certificate, collateral trust certificate, certificate of deposit for a security, or share in an investment company without a board of directors or individuals performing similar functions is the person performing the acts and assuming the duties of depositor or manager under the trust or other agreement or instrument under which the security is issued. See Alaska Statutes 45.56.900
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• 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}
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
• offer to purchase: includes an attempt or offer to obtain, or solicitation of an offer to sell, a security or interest in a security for value. See Alaska Statutes 45.56.900
• older person: means a natural person who is 60 years of age or older. See Alaska Statutes 45.56.900
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• person: means an individual, a corporation, a partnership, a limited liability company, a limited partnership, a limited liability partnership, an association, a joint-stock company, a trust in which the interests of the beneficiaries are evidenced by a security, an unincorporated organization, a government, or a political subdivision of a government. See Alaska Statutes 45.56.900
• Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
• property: includes real and personal property. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
• public record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. See Alaska Statutes 45.56.900
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Rescission: The cancellation of budget authority previously provided by Congress. The Impoundment Control Act of 1974 specifies that the President may propose to Congress that funds be rescinded. If both Houses have not approved a rescission proposal (by passing legislation) within 45 days of continuous session, any funds being withheld must be made available for obligation.
• Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
• sale: includes every contract of sale, contract to sell, or disposition of a security or interest in a security for value, and "offer to sell" includes every attempt or offer to dispose of, or solicitation of an offer to purchase, a security or interest in a security for value. See Alaska Statutes 45.56.900
• Securities and Exchange Commission: means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. See Alaska Statutes 45.56.900
• security: means a note. See Alaska Statutes 45.56.900
• self-regulatory organization: means a national securities exchange registered under 15 U. See Alaska Statutes 45.56.900
• Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
• Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
• state: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Alaska Statutes 45.56.900
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• subscription: includes the mark of a person who cannot write, with the name of that person written near the mark by a witness who writes the witness's own name near the name of the person who cannot write. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
• Testify: Answer questions in court.
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
• vulnerable adult: has the meaning given in Alaska Stat. See Alaska Statutes 45.56.900
• Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.
• writing: includes printing. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060