In this Act:
- (a) "Business" includes every trade, occupation, and profession.
(b) "Debtor in bankruptcy" means a person who is the subject of:
- (1) an order for relief under Title 11 of the United States Code or a comparable order under a successor statute of general application; or
- (2) a comparable order under federal, state, or foreign law governing insolvency.
- (c) "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.
(d) "Foreign limited liability partnership" means a partnership that:
- (1) is formed under laws other than the laws of this State; and
- (2) has the status of a limited liability partnership under those laws.
- (e) "Limited liability partnership" means a partnership that has filed a statement of qualification under Section 1001 and does not have a similar statement in effect in any other jurisdiction.
- (f) "Partnership" means an association of 2 or more persons to carry on as co-owners a business for profit formed under Section 202 of this Act, predecessor law, or comparable law of another jurisdiction.
- (g) "Partnership agreement" means the agreement, whether written, oral, or implied, among the partners concerning the partnership, including amendments to the partnership agreement.
- (h) "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.
- (i) "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.
- (j) "Person" means an individual, corporation, limited liability company, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, joint venture, government, governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity.
- (k) "Property" means all property, real, personal, or mixed, tangible or intangible, or any interest therein.
- (l) "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
- (m) "Statement" means a statement of partnership authority under Section 303 of this Act, a statement of denial under Section 304, a statement of dissociation under Section 704, a statement of dissolution under Section 805, a statement of merger under Section 907 or 908, a statement of qualification under Section 1001, a statement of withdrawal under Section 1001 or 1102, a statement of foreign qualification under Section 1102, or an amendment or cancellation of any of the foregoing.
- (n) "Transfer" includes an assignment, conveyance, lease, mortgage, deed, and encumbrance.
(Source: P.A. 95-368, eff. 8-23-07.)