Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 10 > Chapter 36 - Distributions-Nonprofit Corporations

• Abuse: means the infliction or allowing of physical injury, impairment of bodily function or disfigurement or the infliction of or allowing another person to cause serious emotional damage as evidenced by severe anxiety, depression, withdrawal or untoward aggressive behavior and which emotional damage is diagnosed by a medical doctor or psychologist and is caused by the acts or omissions of an individual who has the care, custody and control of a child. See Arizona Laws 8-201
• Applicant: means the person filing an application for registration of a mark under this article or the person's legal representatives, successors or assigns. See Arizona Laws 44-1441
• Associate director: means the associate director of the division. See Arizona Laws 3-601
• Butter: means the clean and nonrancid product containing not less than eighty per cent milk fat produced by gathering the fat of milk or cream into a mass, containing a small portion of other milk constituents, and with or without salt or harmless coloring matter. See Arizona Laws 3-601
• Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• department: means the department of child safety. See Arizona Laws 8-501
• Dilution: means the lessening of the capacity of a famous mark to identify and distinguish goods or services, regardless of the presence or absence of either:

  (a) Competition between the owner of the famous mark and other parties. See Arizona Laws 44-1441

• Distribution: means a direct or indirect transfer of money or other property, except its own shares, or incurrence of indebtedness by a corporation to or for the benefit of its shareholders in respect of any of its shares. See Arizona Laws 10-140
• Division: means the animal services division of the Arizona department of agriculture. See Arizona Laws 3-601
• Foster home: means a home that is maintained by any individual or individuals having the care or control of minor children, other than those related to each other by blood or marriage, or related to such individuals, or who are legal wards of such individuals. See Arizona Laws 8-501
• Foster parent: means any individual or individuals maintaining a foster home. See Arizona Laws 8-501
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• Mark: means any trademark or service mark. See Arizona Laws 44-1441
• Out-of-home placement: means the placing of a child in the custody of an individual or agency other than with the child's parent or legal guardian and includes placement in temporary custody pursuant to section 8-821, voluntary placement pursuant to section 8-806 or placement due to dependency actions. See Arizona Laws 8-501
• Parent: means the natural or adoptive mother or father of a child. See Arizona Laws 8-501
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Person: means an individual, corporation, partnership, association, joint stock company or trust, limited liability company, government or governmental subdivision or agency or any other unincorporated organization. See Arizona Laws 44-1801
• Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Person: means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association, union or other organization. See Arizona Laws 44-1441
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Personal property: includes money, goods, chattels, things in action and evidences of debt. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Property: includes both real and personal property. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Registrant: means the person to whom the registration of a mark under this article is issued or the person's legal representatives, successors or assigns. See Arizona Laws 44-1441
• Relative: means a grandparent, great-grandparent, brother or sister of whole or half blood, aunt, uncle or first cousin. See Arizona Laws 8-501
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
• sell: means a sale or any other disposition of a security or interest in a security for value and includes a contract to make such sale or disposition. See Arizona Laws 44-1801
• Service mark: means any word, name, symbol or device or any combination of these items that is adopted and used by a person to identify services provided or sold by that person and to distinguish the services from services provided or sold by others. See Arizona Laws 44-1441
• Trademark: means any word, name, symbol or device or any combination of these items that is adopted and used by a person to identify goods made or sold by that person and to distinguish the goods from goods made or sold by others. See Arizona Laws 44-1441
• used: means the bona fide use of a mark in the ordinary course of trade and not made merely to reserve a right in a mark. See Arizona Laws 44-1441
• Whips: Assistants to the floor leaders who are also elected by their party conferences. The Majority and Minority Whips (and their assistants) are responsible for mobilizing votes within their parties on major issues. In the absence of a party floor leader, the whip often serves as acting floor leader.