Maine Revised Statutes > Title 31 > Chapter 19 > Subchapter 9 – Foreign Limited Partnerships
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- Foreign limited liability limited partnership: means a foreign limited partnership whose general partners have limited liability for the obligations of the foreign limited partnership under a provision similar to section 1354, subsection 3. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 31 Sec. 1302
- Foreign limited partnership: means a partnership formed under the laws of a jurisdiction other than this State and required by those laws to have one or more general partners and one or more limited partners. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 31 Sec. 1302
- General partner: means :
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 31 Sec. 1302Jurisdiction: (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. Limited partner: means :
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 31 Sec. 1302Obligation: 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 limited partner or general partner. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 31 Sec. 1302 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; corporation; business trust; estate; trust; partnership; limited liability company; association; joint venture; government; governmental subdivision, agency or instrumentality; public corporation; or any other legal or commercial entity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 31 Sec. 1302 Personal property: All property that is not real property. Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit. Principal office: means the office where the principal executive office of a limited partnership or foreign limited partnership is located, whether or not the office is located in this State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 31 Sec. 1302 Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land. 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 Maine Revised Statutes Title 31 Sec. 1302 Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party. Sign: means :
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 31 Sec. 1302State: 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 Maine Revised Statutes Title 31 Sec. 1302 Transfer: includes an assignment, conveyance, deed, bill of sale, lease, mortgage, security interest, encumbrance, gift and transfer by operation of law. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 31 Sec. 1302 United States: includes territories and the District of Columbia. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72