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Terms Used In Maryland Code, CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS 10-702

  • including: means includes or including by way of illustration and not by way of limitation. See
  • 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.
(a) Unless otherwise provided in the partnership agreement, a partnership interest is assignable in whole or in part.

(b) An assignment of a partnership interest does not dissolve a limited partnership or entitle the assignee to become a partner or, unless otherwise provided in the partnership agreement, exercise any rights of a partner.

(c) Unless otherwise provided in the partnership agreement, an assignment entitles the assignee to receive, to the extent assigned, only the distributions to which the assignor would be entitled.

(d) A partnership agreement may provide that a partnership interest may or shall be transferred or assigned in whole or in part to one or more persons, including on the occurrence of any of the events described in § 10-402 of this title, regardless of whether the persons to whom the interest is transferred or assigned are partners.