Terms Used In U.S. Code > Title 14 > Subtitle I > Chapter 11 > Subchapter IV - Definitions

• Business development company: means any closed-end company which&mdash. See 15 USC 80a-2
• Company: means a corporation, a partnership, an association, a joint-stock company, a trust, a fund, or any organized group of persons whether incorporated or not. See 15 USC 80a-2
• Control: means the power to exercise a controlling influence over the management or policies of a company, unless such power is solely the result of an official position with such company. See 15 USC 80a-2
• Director: means any director of a corporation or any person performing similar functions with respect to any organization, whether incorporated or unincorporated, including any natural person who is a member of a board of trustees of a management company created as a common-law trust. See 15 USC 80a-2
• individual: shall include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of development. See 1 USC 8
• investment company: means any issuer which&mdash. See 15 USC 80a-3
• officer: includes any person authorized by law to perform the duties of the office. See 1 USC 1
• Person: means a natural person or a company. See 15 USC 80a-2