Terms Used In Alaska Statutes > Title 6 > Chapter 26 > Article 9 - Organic Change

• Acquittal:
  1. Judgement that a criminal defendant has not been proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
  2. A verdict of "not guilty."
   
• action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• board: means board of directors. See Alaska Statutes 06.26.990
• chapter: includes regulations adopted under this chapter. See Alaska Statutes 06.26.990
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• control: means owning, or holding with the power to vote, 25 percent or more of the voting securities or other capital stock. See Alaska Statutes 06.26.990
• 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.
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• department: means the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development. See Alaska Statutes 06.26.990
• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• exempt private trust company: means a private trust company that has received an exemption under Alaska Stat. See Alaska Statutes 06.26.990
• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation: A government corporation that insures the deposits of all national and state banks that are members of the Federal Reserve System. ^{Source: OCC}
• Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
• fiduciary: means a person to whom the property of another person is entrusted for a purpose specified in a trust instrument or by a court order. See Alaska Statutes 06.26.990
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies.
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• national bank: has the meaning given in Alaska Stat. See Alaska Statutes 06.26.990
• National Bank: A bank that is subject to the supervision of the Comptroller of the Currency. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is a bureau of the U.S. Treasury Department. A national bank can be recognized because it must have "national" or "national association" in its name. ^{Source: OCC}
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
• purchasing trust company: means a trust company purchasing all or substantially all of the assets of another trust company. See Alaska Statutes 06.26.990
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• selling trust company: means a trust company selling all or substantially all of its assets. See Alaska Statutes 06.26.990
• state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
• state bank: has the meaning given in Alaska Stat. See Alaska Statutes 06.26.990
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• trust assets: means assets held in trust for another person. See Alaska Statutes 06.26.990
• trust company: means a person who is organized under this chapter to act as a fiduciary and to provide fiduciary services to the general public. See Alaska Statutes 06.26.990
• writing: includes printing. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060