Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 112.150

• Affiliate: means :

  (a) A person who directly or indirectly owns, controls or holds with power to vote, 20 percent or more of the outstanding voting securities of the debtor, other than a person who holds the securities:

  (1) As a fiduciary or agent without sole discretionary power to vote the securities; or

  (2) Solely to secure a debt, if the person has not exercised the power to vote;

  (b) A corporation 20 percent or more of whose outstanding voting securities are directly or indirectly owned, controlled or held with power to vote, by the debtor or a person who directly or indirectly owns, controls or holds with power to vote, 20 percent or more of the outstanding voting securities of the debtor, other than a person who holds the securities:

  (1) As a fiduciary or agent without sole power to vote the securities; or

  (2) Solely to secure a debt, if the person has not in fact exercised the power to vote;

  (c) A person whose business is operated by the debtor under a lease or other agreement, or a person substantially all of whose assets are controlled by the debtor; or

  (d) A person who operates the debtor"s business under a lease or other agreement or controls substantially all of the debtor"s assets. See Nevada Revised Statutes 112.150

• Asset: means property of a debtor, but the term does not include:

  (a) Property to the extent it is encumbered by a valid lien;

  (b) Property to the extent it is generally exempt under nonbankruptcy law; or

  (c) An interest in property held in tenancy by the entireties or as community property to the extent it is not subject to process by a creditor holding a claim against only one tenant. See Nevada Revised Statutes 112.150

• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Claim: means a right to payment, whether or not the right is reduced to judgment, liquidated, unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured, disputed, undisputed, legal, equitable, secured or unsecured. See Nevada Revised Statutes 112.150
• 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.
• 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.
• Creditor: means a person who has a claim. See Nevada Revised Statutes 112.150
• Debt: means liability on a claim. See Nevada Revised Statutes 112.150
• Debtor: means a person who is liable on a claim. See Nevada Revised Statutes 112.150
• Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}
• Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
• Insider: includes :

  (a) If the debtor is a natural person:

  (1) A relative of the debtor or of a general partner of the debtor;

  (2) A partnership in which the debtor is a general partner;

  (3) A general partner in a partnership described in subparagraph (2); and

  (4) A corporation of which the debtor is a director, officer or person in control;

  (b) If the debtor is a corporation:

  (1) A director of the debtor;

  (2) An officer of the debtor;

  (3) A person in control of the debtor;

  (4) A partnership in which the debtor is a general partner;

  (5) A general partner in a partnership described in subparagraph (4); and

  (6) A relative of a general partner, director, officer or person in control of the debtor;

  (c) If the debtor is a partnership:

  (1) A general partner in the debtor;

  (2) A relative of a general partner in, a general partner of, or a person in control of the debtor;

  (3) Another partnership in which the debtor is a general partner;

  (4) A general partner in a partnership described in subparagraph (3); and

  (5) A person in control of the debtor;

  (d) An affiliate, or an insider of an affiliate as if the affiliate were the debtor; and

  (e) A managing agent of the debtor. See Nevada Revised Statutes 112.150

• 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}
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Lien: means a charge against or an interest in property to secure payment of a debt or performance of an obligation, and includes a security interest created by agreement, a judicial lien obtained by legal or equitable process or proceedings, a common-law lien and a statutory lien. See Nevada Revised Statutes 112.150
• 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.
• 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: includes a government and a governmental subdivision or agency. See Nevada Revised Statutes 112.150
• Property: means anything that may be the subject of ownership. See Nevada Revised Statutes 112.150
• Relative: means a natural person related by consanguinity within the third degree as determined by the common law, a spouse, or a natural person related to a spouse within the third degree as so determined, and includes a natural person in an adoptive relationship within the third degree. See Nevada Revised Statutes 112.150