Terms Used In Alaska Statutes > Title 21 > Chapter 7 - Patient Protections Under Health Care Insurance Policies

• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• articles: means articles of incorporation. See Alaska Statutes 10.15.595
• Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• cooperative: means a cooperative corporation subject to the provisions of this chapter. See Alaska Statutes 10.15.595
• corporation: means a corporation that is not a cooperative. See Alaska Statutes 10.15.595
• court: means superior court. See Alaska Statutes 10.15.595
• department: means the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development. See Alaska Statutes 10.15.595
• Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. ^{Source: FDIC}
• member: means a person who has been qualified and accepted for membership in a cooperative. See Alaska Statutes 10.15.595
• shareholder: means a holder of shares of capital stock of a cooperative other than membership stock. See Alaska Statutes 10.15.595