Terms Used In CFR > Title 42 > Chapter V > Subchapter A - General Provisions

• 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.
• Public debt: Cumulative amounts borrowed by the Treasury Department or the Federal Financing Bank from the public or from another fund or account. The public debt does not include agency debt (amounts borrowed by other agencies of the Federal Government). The total public debt is subject to a statutory limit.
• records: as used in this subpart does not include qualifying documents required under subpart D of this part, or bonds required under subpart F of this part. See 27 CFR 19.577