Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 17-6005

  • 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.
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201

A copy of the articles of incorporation, or of a restated articles of incorporation, or of any other certificate or instrument which has been filed in the office of the secretary of state as required by any provision of this act, when duly certified by the secretary of state shall be received in all courts, public offices and official bodies as prima facie evidence of:

(a) Due execution and filing of the instrument;

(b) observance and performance of all acts and conditions necessary to have been observed and performed precedent to the instrument becoming effective; and

(c) any other facts required or permitted by law to be stated in the instrument.