Source: https://code.dccouncil.us/dc/council/code/sections/29-101.02.html
Timestamp: 2019-04-21 20:44:28+00:00

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D.C. Law Library - § 29–101.02. Definitions.
§ 29–101.03. Applicability of chapter.
(1) “Biennial report” means the report required by § 29-102.11.
(B) A foreign business corporation.
(3) “Business trust” means a trust formed under the statutory law of another state which is not a foreign statutory trust and does not have a predominately donative purpose.
(4) “Commercial registered agent” means a person listed under § 29-104.05.
(5) “Common-law business trust” means a common-law trust that does not have a predominately donative purpose.
(7) “Distributional interest” means the right under an unincorporated entity’s organic law and organic rules to receive distributions from the entity.
(8) “Domestic”[,] with respect to an entity, means governed as to its internal affairs by the law of the District or created under the provisions of a special act of congress unless otherwise noted under its Congressional Charter.
(9) “Effective date”, when referring to a record filed by the Mayor, means the time and date determined in accordance with § 29-102.03.
(x) Any other person that has a legal existence separate from any interest holder of that person or that has the power to acquire an interest in real property in its own name.
(11) “Entity filing” means a record delivered for filing to the Mayor pursuant to this title.
(12) “Filed record” means a record filed by the Mayor pursuant to this title.
(13) “Filing entity” means an entity that is formed by filing a public organic record. The term does not include a limited liability partnership.
(14) “Foreign”, with respect to an entity, means an entity governed as to its internal affairs by the law of a jurisdiction other than the District.
(15) “General cooperative association” means a domestic general cooperative association formed under or subject to Chapter 9 of this title or a foreign general cooperative association.
(16) “General partnership” means a domestic general partnership formed under or subject to Chapter 6 of this title or a foreign general partnership. The term “general partnership” includes a limited liability partnership.
(C) Receive notice of or vote on issues involving the internal affairs of the entity.
(K) Any other person under whose authority the powers of an entity are exercised and under whose direction the activities and affairs of the entity are managed pursuant to the entity’s organic law and organic rules.
(J) Governance interest or distributional interest in any other type of unincorporated entity.
(K) Any other direct holder of an interest.
(21) “Jurisdiction”, used to refer to a political entity, means the United States, a state, a foreign country, or a political subdivision of a foreign country.
(22) “Jurisdiction of formation” means the jurisdiction whose law includes the organic law of an entity.
(23) “Limited cooperative association” means a domestic limited cooperative association formed under or subject to Chapter 10 of this title or a foreign limited cooperative association.
(24) “Limited liability company” means a domestic limited liability company formed under or subject to Chapter 8 of this title or a foreign limited liability company.
(25) “Limited liability limited partnership” means a domestic limited liability limited partnership formed under or subject to Chapter 7 of this title or a foreign limited liability limited partnership.
(26) “Limited liability partnership” means a domestic limited liability partnership that has a statement of qualification in effect under Chapter 6 of this title or a foreign limited liability partnership.
(27) “Limited partnership” means a domestic limited partnership formed under or subject to Chapter 7 of this title or a foreign limited partnership. The term includes a limited liability limited partnership.
(C) A member in good standing of the District of Columbia Bar who maintains an office in the District of Columbia.
(29) “Nonfiling entity” means an entity that is formed other than by filing a public organic record.
(30) “Nonprofit corporation” means a domestic nonprofit corporation incorporated under or subject to Chapter 4 of this title or a foreign nonprofit corporation.
(31) “Nonregistered foreign entity” means a foreign entity that is not registered to do business in the District pursuant to a statement of registration filed by the Mayor.
(32) “Organic law” means the law of an entity’s jurisdiction of formation which governs the internal affairs of the entity.
(33) “Organic rules” means the public organic record and private organic rules of an entity.
(34) “Person” means an individual, estate, business or nonprofit entity, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal entity.
(35) “Principal office” means the principal executive office of an entity, whether or not the office is located in the District.
(I) Trust instrument of a statutory trust or similar rules of a business trust, or common-law business trust.
(37) “Proceeding” includes a civil action, arbitration, mediation, administrative proceeding, criminal prosecution, and investigatory action.
(38) “Professional limited liability company” means a limited liability company organized under Chapter 8 of this title solely for the purpose of rendering professional services through its members, managers, employees, or agents.
(39) “Property” means all property, whether real, personal, or mixed, or tangible or intangible, or any right or interest therein.
(G) Certificate of trust of a statutory trust or a similar record of a business trust or common-law business trust.
(41) “Receipt” or “receive”, as used in this chapter, means actual receipt.
(42) “Record”, used as a noun, means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.
(43) “Registered agent” means an agent of an entity which is authorized to receive service of any process, notice, or demand required or permitted by law to be served on the entity. The term “registered agent” includes a commercial registered agent and a noncommercial registered agent.
(44) “Registered foreign entity” means a foreign entity that is registered to do business in the District pursuant to a statement of registration filed by the Mayor.
(46) “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.
(47) “Statutory trust” means a domestic statutory trust formed under or subject to Chapter 12 of this title or a trust formed under a statute of a jurisdiction other than the District which would be a statutory trust if formed under the law of the District.
(48) “Superior Court” means the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
(49) “Transfer” includes an assignment, conveyance, sale, lease, or encumbrance, including a mortgage or security interest, a gift, or a transfer by operation of law.
(B) Formed under an organic law, whether or not some entities formed under that organic law are subject to provisions of that law that create different categories of the form of entity.
(51) “Unincorporated nonprofit association” means a domestic unincorporated nonprofit association formed under or subject to Chapter 11 of this title or a nonprofit association formed under the law of a jurisdiction other than the District which would be an unincorporated nonprofit association if formed under the law of the District.
(52) “Written” means inscribed on a tangible medium. “Writing” has a corresponding meaning.
This section is referenced in § 42-815.01.

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