1999 Minnesota Statutes

     323.02 Definitions. 

    Subdivision 1.    Words, terms, and phrases.  Unless 
 the language or context clearly indicates that a different 
 meaning is intended, the following words, terms, and phrases, 
 for the purposes of this chapter, shall be given the meanings 
 subjoined to them.  

    Subd. 2.    Court.  "Court" includes every court and 
 judge having jurisdiction in the case.  

    Subd. 3.    Business.  "Business" includes every trade, 
 occupation, or profession.  

    Subd. 4.    Person.  "Person" includes individuals, 
 partnerships, corporations, and other associations.  

    Subd. 5.    Bankrupt.  "Bankrupt" includes bankrupt 
 under the federal Bankruptcy Act or insolvent under any state 
 insolvent act.  

    Subd. 6.    Conveyance.  "Conveyance" includes every 
 assignment, lease, mortgage, or encumbrance.  

    Subd. 7.    Real property.  "Real property" includes 
 land and any interest or estate in land.  

    Subd. 7a.    Limited liability partnership.  "Limited 
 liability partnership" means a general partnership governed by 
 this chapter with a registration in effect under section 323.44. 

    Subd. 8.    Partnership.  A partnership is an 
 association of two or more persons to carry on as coowners a 
 business for profit and includes a limited liability 
 partnership.  Any association formed under any other statutes of 
 this state, or any statute adopted by authority, other than the 
 authority of this state, is not a partnership under this 
 chapter, unless such association would have been a partnership 
 in this state prior to the adoption of this chapter; but this 
 chapter shall apply to limited partnerships, except in so far as 
 the statutes relating to such partnerships are inconsistent 
 herewith.  

    Subd. 9.    Foreign limited liability partnership.  
 "Foreign limited liability partnership" means a general 
 partnership organized under laws other than the laws of this 
 state with status as a limited liability partnership in its home 
 jurisdiction. 

    Subd. 10.    Filed with the secretary of state.  "Filed 
 with the secretary of state" means that a document meeting the 
 applicable requirements of this chapter, signed and accompanied 
 by the required filing fee, has been delivered to the secretary 
 of state of this state.  The secretary of state shall endorse on 
 the document the word "Filed" and the month, day, and year of 
 filing, record the document in the office of the secretary of 
 state, and return a document to the person who delivered it for 
 filing. 

    Subd. 11.    Signed.  (a) "Signed" means that the 
 signature of a person has been written on a document, as 
 provided in section 645.44, subdivision 14, and, with respect to 
 a document required by this chapter to be filed with the 
 secretary of state, means that the document has been signed by a 
 person authorized to do so by this chapter, the articles or 
 bylaws, or by a resolution approved by the partners. 

    (b) A signature on a document may be a facsimile affixed, 
 engraved, printed, placed, stamped with indelible ink, 
 transmitted by facsimile or electronically, or in any other 
 manner reproduced on the document. 

    HIST: (7385, 7389) 1921 c 487 s 2,6; 1994 c 539 s 9,10; 1995 c 
 128 art 3 s 11; 1995 c 263 s 1; 1997 c 10 art 4 s 17,18 

*   NOTE:  Subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 7a, 8, and 9 are 
*repealed by Laws 1997, chapter 174, article 12, section 68, as 
*amended by Laws 1998, chapter 262, section 68, effective January 
*1, 2002.