Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes > Chapter 738a - Foreign Discriminatory Boycotts

• Business relationship: means any aspect of business (1) dealing with the sale, purchase, licensing or provision of goods, services or information. See Connecticut General Statutes 42-125b
• Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Control: means the power to influence the management or policies of a person or to play a significant role in the implementation thereof. See Connecticut General Statutes 42-125b
• 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.
• Domestic individual: means any person as defined in subdivision (h) of this section, whose residence, domicile or principal place of business is in the state of Connecticut or who does business in the state of Connecticut. See Connecticut General Statutes 42-125b
• 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.
• Foreign government: includes all governments and political subdivisions and the instrumentalities thereof, excepting the governments, political subdivisions, and instrumentalities of the United States and the states, commonwealths, territories, and possessions of the United States, and the District of Columbia. See Connecticut General Statutes 42-125b
• Foreign person: means any person whose principal place of residence, business or domicile is outside the United States, or any person controlled directly or indirectly by any other person whose principal place of residence, business or domicile is outside the United States. See Connecticut General Statutes 42-125b
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• International organization: means any association or organization, of which a substantial portion of the membership includes foreign persons or foreign governments. See Connecticut General Statutes 42-125b
• 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 any individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, trust or any other legal or commercial entity, including their officers, agents, employees and servants or any other person acting in a representative capacity. See Connecticut General Statutes 42-125b
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.