Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 48 > Chapter 2e > Part 2 - Formation -- Certificate of Limited Partnership and Other Filings

• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• Certificate of limited partnership: means the certificate required by Section 48-2e-201. See Utah Code 48-2e-102
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Division: means the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code. See Utah Code 48-2e-102
• 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.
• Foreign limited partnership: means an unincorporated entity formed under the law of a jurisdiction other than this state which would be a limited partnership if formed under the law of this state. See Utah Code 48-2e-102
• General partner: means a person that:
       (8)(a) has become a general partner under Section 48-2e-401 or was a general partner in a limited partnership when the limited partnership became subject to this chapter under Section 48-2e-1205; and
       (8)(b) has not dissociated as a general partner under Section 48-2e-603. See Utah Code 48-2e-102
• Jurisdiction: (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 person that:
       (12)(a) has become a limited partner under Section 48-2e-301 or was a limited partner in a limited partnership when the limited partnership became subject to this chapter under Section 48-2e-1205; and
       (12)(b) has not dissociated under Section 48-2e-601. See Utah Code 48-2e-102
• Limited partnership: means an entity formed under this chapter or which becomes subject to this chapter under Part 11, Merger, Interest Exchange, Conversion, and Domestication, or Section 48-2e-1205. See Utah Code 48-2e-102
• Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Partner: means a limited partner or general partner. See Utah Code 48-2e-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.
• Person: means an individual, business corporation, nonprofit corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, limited cooperative association, unincorporated nonprofit association, statutory trust, business trust, common-law business trust, estate, trust, association, joint venture, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity. See Utah Code 48-2e-102
• Principal office: means the principal executive office of a limited partnership or foreign limited partnership, whether or not the office is located in this state. See Utah Code 48-2e-102
• Registered agent: means an agent of a limited partnership or foreign limited partnership which is authorized to receive service of any process, notice, or demand required or permitted by law to be served on the limited partnership. See Utah Code 48-2e-102
• Registered foreign limited partnership: means a foreign limited partnership that is registered to do business in this state pursuant to a statement of registration filed by the division. See Utah Code 48-2e-102
• Sign: means , with present intent to authenticate or adopt a record:
       (23)(a) to execute or adopt a tangible symbol; or
       (23)(b) to attach to or logically associate with the record an electronic symbol, sound, or process. See Utah Code 48-2e-102
• State: 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 Utah Code 48-2e-102