Alaska Statutes.
Title 32. Partnership
Chapter 6. Uniform Partnership Act
Section 995. Definitions.
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AS 32.06.995. Definitions.

In this chapter, unless the context indicates otherwise,

(1) "business" includes a trade, an occupation, or a profession;

(2) "commissioner" means the commissioner of commerce, community, and economic development;

(3) "debtor in bankruptcy" means a person who is the subject of

(A) an order for relief under 11 U.S.C. (Bankruptcy Code) or a comparable order under a successor statute of general application; or

(B) a comparable order under federal, state, or foreign law governing insolvency;

(4) "department" means the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development;

(5) "distribution" means a transfer of money or other property from a partnership to a partner in the partner's capacity as a partner or to the partner's transferee;

(6) "foreign limited liability partnership" means a partnership that

(A) is formed under laws other than the laws of this state; and

(B) has the status of a limited liability partnership under those laws;

(7) "limited liability partnership" means a partnership that has filed a statement of qualification under AS 32.06.911 and does not have a similar statement in effect in another jurisdiction;

(8) "partnership" means an association of two or more persons to carry on as co-owners a business for profit formed under AS 32.06.202 , predecessor law, or a comparable law of another jurisdiction;

(9) "partnership agreement" means the agreement, whether written, oral, or implied, among the partners concerning the partnership, including amendments to the partnership agreement;

(10) "partnership at will" means a partnership in which the partners have not agreed to remain partners until the expiration of a definite term or the completion of a particular undertaking;

(11) "partnership interest" or "partner's interest in the partnership" means all of a partner's interests in the partnership, including the partner's transferable interest and all management and other rights;

(12) "person" means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, joint venture, government, governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity;

(13) "property" means all property, including real, personal, mixed, tangible, or intangible property, or an interest in property;

(14) "state" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States;

(15) "statement" means a statement of partnership authority under AS 32.06.303, a statement of denial under AS 32.06.304 , a statement of dissociation under AS 32.06.704 , a statement of dissolution under AS 32.06.805, a statement of merger under AS 32.06.907 , a statement of qualification under AS 32.06.911 , a statement of foreign qualification under AS 32.06.922 , or an amendment or cancellation of any of the foregoing;

(16) "transfer" includes an assignment, conveyance, lease, mortgage, deed, and encumbrance.

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