Terms Used In Vermont Statutes > Title 11A > Chapter 14 > Subchapter 2 - Involuntary Termination

• Articles of incorporation: include amended and restated articles of incorporation, articles of merger, and special charters. See
• 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.
• Domestic: when applied to a corporation, company, association, or copartnership shall mean organized under the laws of this State; "foreign" when so applied, shall mean organized under the laws of another state, government, or country. See
• Foreign corporation: means a corporation for profit incorporated under a law other than the law of this State. See
• Person: shall include any natural person, corporation, municipality, the State of Vermont or any department, agency, or subdivision of the State, and any partnership, unincorporated association, or other legal entity. See
• Proceeding: includes civil suit and criminal, administrative, and investigatory action. See
• Secretary: means the corporate officer to whom the board of directors has delegated responsibility under subsection 8. See
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See