Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 56-1a,552

  • Partner: means a limited or general partner. See Kansas Statutes 56-1a,101
  • 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 a natural person, partnership, domestic or foreign limited partnership, trust, estate, association, corporation, custodian, nominee or any other individual or entity in its own or any representative capacity. See Kansas Statutes 56-1a,101
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.

In a derivative action, the plaintiff must be a partner at the time of bringing the action and (a) be a partner at the time of the transaction of which the plaintiff complains or (b) have had status as a partner devolve upon the plaintiff by operation of law or pursuant to the terms of the partnership agreement from a person who was a partner at the time of the transaction.