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Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 59-602

  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • General partner: means a person who has been admitted to a limited partnership as a general partner in accordance with the partnership agreement and named in the certificate of limited partnership as a general partner. See North Carolina General Statutes 59-102
  • Partner: means a limited or general partner. See North Carolina General Statutes 59-102
  • 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 agreement: includes any written or oral agreement, whether or not the agreement is set forth in a document referred to by the partners as a "partnership agreement" and includes any amendment agreed upon by the partners unanimously or in accordance with the terms of the agreement. See North Carolina General Statutes 59-102

After filing of the original certificate of limited partnership, a general partner may withdraw from a limited partnership at any time by giving written notice to the other partners, but if the withdrawal violates the partnership agreement, the limited partnership may recover from the withdrawing general partner, in addition to its other remedies, any damages for breach of the partnership agreement and may offset the damages against the amount otherwise distributable or payable to the partner. (1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 989, s. 2; 1999-362, s. 26.)