810 ILCS 5/8-102
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 810 - COMMERCIAL CODE|810 ILCS 5/ - Uniform Commercial Code.|Article 8 - Investment Securities

 (from Ch. 26, par. 8-102)Sec. 8-102.     Definitions.(a) In this Article:(1) "Adverse claim" means a claim that a claimant has     a property interest in a financial asset and that it is a violation of the rights of the claimant for another person to hold, transfer, or deal with the financial asset.(2) "Bearer form," as applied to a certificated     security, means a form in which the security is payable to the bearer of the security certificate according to its terms but not by reason of an indorsement.(3) "Broker" means a person defined as a broker or     dealer under the federal securities laws, but without excluding a bank acting in that capacity.(4) "Certificated security" means a security that is     represented by a certificate.(5) "Clearing corporation" means:(i) a person that is registered as a "clearing         agency" under the federal securities laws;(ii) a federal reserve bank; or(iii) any other person that provides clearance or         settlement services with respect to financial assets that would require it to register as a clearing agency under the federal securities laws but for an exclusion or exemption from the registration requirement, if its activities as a clearing corporation, including promulgation of rules, are subject to regulation by a federal or state governmental authority.(6) "Communicate" means to:(i) send a signed writing; or(ii) transmit information by any mechanism agreed         upon by the persons transmitting and receiving the information.(7) "Entitlement holder" means a person identified in     the records of a securities intermediary as the person having a security entitlement against the securities intermediary.  If a person acquires a security entitlement by virtue of Section 8-501(b)(2) or (3), that person is the entitlement holder.(8) "Entitlement order" means a notification     communicated to a securities intermediary directing transfer or redemption of a financial asset to which the entitlement holder has a security entitlement.(9) "Financial asset," except as otherwise provided     in Section 8-103, means:(i) a security;(ii) an obligation of a person or a share,         participation, or other interest in a person or in property or an enterprise of a person, which is, or is of a type, dealt in or traded on financial markets, or which is recognized in any area in which it is issued or dealt in as a medium for investment; or(iii) any property that is held by a securities         intermediary for another person in a securities account if the securities intermediary has expressly agreed with the other person that the property is to be treated as a financial asset under this Article. As context requires, the term means either the interest itself or the means by which a person's claim to it is evidenced, including a certificated or uncertificated security, a security certificate, or a security entitlement.(10) "Good faith," for purposes of the obligation of     good faith in the performance or enforcement of contracts or duties within this Article, means honesty in fact and the observance of reasonable commercial standards of fair dealing.(11) "Indorsement" means a signature that alone or     accompanied by other words is made on a security certificate in registered form or on a separate document for the purpose of assigning, transferring, or redeeming the security or granting a power to assign, transfer, or redeem it.(12) "Instruction" means a notification communicated     to the issuer of an uncertificated security which directs that the transfer of the security be registered or that the security be redeemed.(13) "Registered form," as applied to a certificated     security, means a form in which:(i) the security certificate specifies a person         entitled to the security; and(ii) a transfer of the security may be registered         upon books maintained for that purpose by or on behalf of the issuer, or the security certificate so states.(14) "Securities intermediary" means:(i) a clearing corporation; or(ii) a person, including a bank or broker, that         in the ordinary course of its business maintains securities accounts for others and is acting in that capacity.(15) "Security," except as otherwise provided in     Section 8-103, means an obligation of an issuer or a share, participation, or other interest in an issuer or in property or an enterprise of an issuer:(i) which is represented by a security         certificate in bearer or registered form, or the transfer of which may be registered upon books maintained for that purpose by or on behalf of the issuer;(ii) which is one of a class or series or by its         terms is divisible into a class or series of shares, participations, interests, or obligations; and(iii) which:(A) is, or is of a type, dealt in or traded             on securities exchanges or securities markets; or(B) is a medium for investment and by its             terms expressly provides that it is a security governed by this Article.(16) "Security certificate" means a certificate     representing a security.(17) "Security entitlement" means the rights and     property interest of an entitlement holder with respect to a financial asset specified in Part 5.(18) "Uncertificated security" means a security that     is not represented by a certificate.(b) Other definitions applying to this Article and the Sections in  which they appear are:Appropriate person            Section 8-107Control                       Section 8-106Delivery                      Section 8-301Investment company security   Section 8-103IssuerSection 8-201Overissue                     Section 8-210Protected purchaser           Section 8-303Securities account            Section 8-501(c) In addition, Article 1 contains general definitions and principles of  construction and interpretation applicable throughout this Article.(d) The characterization of a person, business, or transaction for  purposes of this Article does not determine the characterization of the  person, business, or transaction for purposes of any other law, regulation, or  rule.    (Source: P.A. 89-364, eff. 1-1-96.)