Terms used in this chapter mean:

(1) “Affiliate,” any person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by another person, or any person under direct or indirect common control with another person. It includes any person with whom a trustee has an express or implied agreement regarding the purchase of trust investments by each from the other, directly or indirectly, except a broker or stock exchange;

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Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 55-4-1

  • 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
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • Trustee: includes trustees, a corporate as well as a natural person and a successor or substitute trustee. See South Dakota Codified Laws 55-4-1

(2) “Person,” an individual, a corporation, a partnership, a limited liability company, an association, a joint stock company, a business trust, a trust, an unincorporated organization, or two or more persons having a joint or common interest;

(3) “Relative,” a spouse, ancestor, descendant, brother, or sister;

(4) “Trust,” an express trust only;

(5) “Trustee,” includes trustees, a corporate as well as a natural person and a successor or substitute trustee.

Source: SL 1943, ch 308, § 1; SDC Supp 1960, § 59.0501; SL 1998, ch 282, § 41; SL 2015, ch 240, § 19.