Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes > Chapter 25C > Article 2 - Sale of Prints

• Art dealer: means a person:

  a. See North Carolina General Statutes 25C-10

• Artist: means any person who created or who conceived of and approved:

  a. See North Carolina General Statutes 25C-10

• 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.
• 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.
• Fine print: means a printed image on paper or any other suitable substance which is based on an artist's master image and has been taken off a plate by printing, stamping, casting, or any other process commonly used in the graphic arts, and includes but is not limited to engraving, etching, woodcut, lithograph, or serigraph, or a print developed or created from a negative when such negative is itself an original work of art. See North Carolina General Statutes 25C-10
• following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
• in writing: may be construed to include printing, engraving, lithographing, and any other mode of representing words and letters: Provided, that in all cases where a written signature is required by law, the same shall be in a proper handwriting, or in a proper mark. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• Negative: means any negative image, photographic plate, slide, or other material created by the artist and used for the purpose of creating the print. See North Carolina General Statutes 25C-10
• 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, partnership, corporation, association, joint venture, or any other legal or commercial entity. See North Carolina General Statutes 25C-10
• Photograph: means the image produced upon a photosensitive surface by the chemical action of light. See North Carolina General Statutes 25C-10
• Plate: means a plate, stone, block, or other material used to create a fine print or from which a fine print is taken. See North Carolina General Statutes 25C-10
• Print: means a fine print or reproduction as defined in this Article. See North Carolina General Statutes 25C-10
• Reproduction: means a copy of a fine print or other work of art made by a commercial mechanical process which does not require the use of an original plate or an original negative. See North Carolina General Statutes 25C-10
• state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
• Work of art: means an original art work that is:

  a. See North Carolina General Statutes 25C-10