Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 29 > Chapter 5 > Article 1 - General Provisions

• 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.
• Business: includes every trade, occupation and profession. See Arizona Laws 29-1001
• Chief executive office: means the place from which the main part of the partnership's business is managed. See Arizona Laws 29-1001
• 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.
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• General partner: means a partner in a partnership and a general partner in a limited partnership. See Arizona Laws 29-1001
• including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• 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}
• Limited liability partnership: means a partnership or limited partnership that has filed a statement of qualification under section 29-1101. See Arizona Laws 29-1001
• Limited partner: means a limited partner in a limited partnership. See Arizona Laws 29-1001
• Limited partnership: means a limited partnership created under chapter 3 of this title, predecessor law or comparable law of another jurisdiction. See Arizona Laws 29-1001
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• Partner: means a general partner and, for purposes of article 9 of this chapter, both a general partner and a limited partner. See Arizona Laws 29-1001
• 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.
• Partnership: means an association or entity formed under section 29-1012, a predecessor law or a comparable law of another jurisdiction. See Arizona Laws 29-1001
• Partnership agreement: means the agreement, whether written, oral or implied, among the partners concerning the partnership, including amendments to the partnership agreement. See Arizona Laws 29-1001
• Person: means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, joint venture, government, governmental subdivision, agency or instrumentality or any other legal or commercial entity. See Arizona Laws 29-1001
• Property: means all property, real, personal or mixed, tangible or intangible, or any interest in such property. See Arizona Laws 29-1001
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Arizona Laws 29-1001
• Statement: means a statement of partnership authority under section 29-1023, a statement of denial under section 29-1024, a statement of dissociation under section 29-1064, a statement of dissolution under section 29-1075, a statement of merger under section 29-2205, a statement of qualification as a limited liability partnership under section 29-1101, a statement of foreign qualification under section 29-1106 or an amendment or cancellation of any of the foregoing. See Arizona Laws 29-1001
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Transfer: includes an assignment, conveyance, lease, mortgage, deed and encumbrance. See Arizona Laws 29-1001
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Writing: includes printing. See Arizona Laws 1-215