South Dakota Codified Laws 47-22-65.7. Corporation defined
For purposes of §§ 47-22-65.1 to 47-22-65.8, inclusive, references to “the corporation” includes, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation, including any constituent of a constituent, which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that any person who is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under the provisions of §§ 47-22-65.1 to 47-22-65.8, inclusive, with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as such person would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 47-22-65.7
- 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.
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- Person: includes natural persons, partnerships, associations, cooperative corporations, limited liability companies, and corporations. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
Source: SL 1986, ch 388, § 8; SL 1994, ch 351, § 126.