Texas Penal Code 7.21 – Definitions
Terms Used In Texas Penal Code 7.21
- Act: means a bodily movement, whether voluntary or involuntary, and includes speech. See Texas Penal Code 1.07
- Another: means a person other than the actor. See Texas Penal Code 1.07
- Association: means a government or governmental subdivision or agency, trust, partnership, or two or more persons having a joint or common economic interest. See Texas Penal Code 1.07
- Conduct: means an act or omission and its accompanying mental state. See Texas Penal Code 1.07
- 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.
- Corporation: includes nonprofit corporations, professional associations created pursuant to statute, and joint stock companies. See Texas Penal Code 1.07
- 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 or a corporation, association, limited liability company, or other entity or organization governed by the Business Organizations Code. See Texas Penal Code 1.07
In this subchapter:
(1) “Agent” means a director, officer, employee, or other person authorized to act in behalf of a corporation, an association, a limited liability company, or another business entity.
(1-a) “Business entity” means an entity or organization governed by the Business Organizations Code, other than a corporation, association, or limited liability company.
(2) “High managerial agent” means:
(A) a partner in a partnership;
(B) an officer of a corporation, an association, a limited liability company, or another business entity;
(C) an agent of a corporation, an association, a limited liability company, or another business entity who has duties of such responsibility that the agent’s conduct reasonably may be assumed to represent the policy of the corporation, association, limited liability company, or other business entity.