Texas Business Organizations Code 21.701 – Definitions
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Terms Used In Texas Business Organizations Code 21.701
- Business: means a trade, occupation, profession, or other commercial activity. See Texas Business Organizations Code 1.002
- Certificate of formation: means :
(A) the document required to be filed with the filing officer under Chapter 3 to form a filing entity; and
(B) if appropriate, a restated certificate of formation and all amendments of an original or restated certificate of formation. See Texas Business Organizations Code 1.002 - Close corporation: means a for-profit corporation that elects to be governed as a close corporation in accordance with Subchapter Texas Business Organizations Code 1.002
- 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.
- Corporation: means an entity governed as a corporation under Title 2 or 7. See Texas Business Organizations Code 1.002
- Domestic: means , with respect to an entity, that the entity is formed under this code or the entity's internal affairs are governed by this code. See Texas Business Organizations Code 1.002
- written: means an expression of words, letters, characters, numbers, symbols, figures, or other textual information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium that is retrievable in a perceivable form. See Texas Business Organizations Code 1.002
In this subchapter and Subchapter P:
(1) “Close corporation” means a domestic corporation formed under this subchapter or governed by this subchapter because of § 21.705, 21.706, or 21.707.
(2) “Close corporation provision” means a provision in the certificate of formation of a close corporation or in a shareholders’ agreement of a close corporation.
(3) “Ordinary corporation” means a domestic corporation that is not a close corporation.
(4) “Shareholders’ agreement” means a written agreement regulating an aspect of the business and affairs of or the relationship among the shareholders of a close corporation that has been executed under this subchapter.