Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 10 > Chapter 33 > Article 3 - Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws

• Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• 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.
• Articles of incorporation: means the original or restated articles of incorporation or articles of merger and all amendments to the articles of incorporation or merger and includes amended and restated articles of incorporation and articles of amendment and merger. See Arizona Laws 10-140
• Board of directors: means the group of persons vested with the management of the affairs of the corporation irrespective of the name by which the group is designated and includes the governing body or bodies of a water users' association if the articles of incorporation of the water users' association provide for a governing body or bodies denominated other than as a board of directors. See Arizona Laws 10-140
• Bylaws: means the code of rules adopted for the regulation or management of the affairs of the corporation irrespective of the name by which those rules are designated. See Arizona Laws 10-140
• Class: refers to a group of memberships that have the same rights with respect to voting, dissolution, redemption and transfer. See Arizona Laws 10-3140
• Commercial electronic mail: means electronic mail sent for the purpose of encouraging the purchase or rental of, or investment in, property, goods or services. See Arizona Laws 44-1372
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• 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.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Electronic mail: means an electronic message, executable program or computer file containing an image of a message that is transmitted between two or more computers or electronic terminals and includes electronic messages that are transmitted within or between computer networks. See Arizona Laws 44-1372
• Electronic mail service provider: means any person who is an intermediary in sending or receiving electronic mail and who provides to end users of electronic mail services the ability to send or receive electronic mail. See Arizona Laws 44-1372
• Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
• Established business relationship: means a prior or existing relationship formed by a voluntary communication between a person or entity and the recipient, with or without an exchange of consideration, on the basis of an inquiry, application, purchase or use by the recipient regarding products or services offered by the person or entity. See Arizona Laws 44-1372
• including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Person: includes an individual and entity. See Arizona Laws 10-140
• Person: means an individual, corporation, partnership, association, joint stock company or trust, limited liability company, government or governmental subdivision or agency or any other unincorporated organization. See Arizona Laws 44-1801
• Process: means a citation, writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Property: includes both real and personal property. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Sender: means a person who initiates an unsolicited commercial electronic mail. See Arizona Laws 44-1372
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Unsolicited commercial electronic mail: means a commercial electronic mail message sent, without the consent of the recipient, by a person with whom the recipient does not have an established business relationship. See Arizona Laws 44-1372
• Writing: includes printing. See Arizona Laws 1-215