Terms Used In Florida Statutes 425.29

  • 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.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • 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.
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
The provisions of the 1Sale of Securities Law shall not apply to any note, bond or other evidence of indebtedness issued by any cooperative or foreign corporation transacting business in this state pursuant to this chapter to the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof, to any commercial bank or banking institution chartered by state or national laws, to any financing institution, organized on a cooperative plan for the purpose of financing its members’ programs, projects, and undertakings, in which the cooperative holds membership, or to any mortgage, deed of trust, or other security agreement executed to secure the same. The provisions of said sale of securities law shall not apply to the issuance of membership certificates by any cooperative or any such foreign corporation.