Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 44 > Chapter 12 > Article 6 - Registration of Securities by Description

• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Commodity: means any agricultural, grain or livestock product or by-product, any metal or mineral including a precious metal, any gem or gemstone whether characterized as precious, semiprecious or otherwise, any fuel whether liquid, gaseous or otherwise, any foreign currency and all other goods, articles, products or items of any kind. See Arizona Laws 44-1801
• Commodity option: means any account, agreement or contract giving a party to the account, agreement or contract the right but not the obligation to purchase or sell one or more commodities or one or more commodity investment contracts, whether characterized as an option, privilege, indemnity, bid, offer, put, call, advance guaranty, decline guaranty or otherwise. See Arizona Laws 44-1801
• 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.
• Director: means the director of the securities division of the commission. See Arizona Laws 44-1801
• Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
• including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Issuer: means any person who issues or proposes to issue any security, except:

  (a) With respect to certificates of deposit, voting-trust certificates, collateral-trust certificates, certificates of interest or shares in an unincorporated investment trust, whether or not of the fixed, restricted management or unit type, issuer means the person or persons performing the acts and assuming the duties of depositor or manager pursuant to the provisions of the trust or other agreement or instrument under which such securities are issued. See Arizona Laws 44-1801

• 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}
• Person: means an individual, corporation, partnership, association, joint stock company or trust, limited liability company, government or governmental subdivision or agency or any other unincorporated organization. See Arizona Laws 44-1801
• Process: means a citation, writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Registered dealer: means a dealer registered under this chapter. See Arizona Laws 44-1801
• Registered salesman: means a salesman registered under this chapter. See Arizona Laws 44-1801
• SEC: means the United States securities and exchange commission. See Arizona Laws 44-1801
• sell: means a sale or any other disposition of a security or interest in a security for value and includes a contract to make such sale or disposition. See Arizona Laws 44-1801
• Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.