Terms Used In Virginia Code > Title 40.1 > Chapter 3.1 - Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety Act

• Articles of trust: includes the original articles of trust, the original certificate of trust issued by the Commission, and all amendments to the articles of trust. See Virginia Code 13.1-1201
• Board: means the Safety and Health Codes Board. See Virginia Code 40.1-51.5
• Boiler: means a closed vessel in which water is heated, steam is generated, steam is superheated, or any combination thereof, under pressure or vacuum for use externally to itself by the direct application of heat from the combustion of fuels, or from electricity or nuclear energy. See Virginia Code 40.1-51.5
• Business trust: includes , without limitation, any of the following entities that conform with subdivisions 1 and 2 of this definition:

  (1) A trust of the type known at common law as a "business trust" or "Massachusetts trust";

  (2) A trust qualifying as a real estate mortgage investment conduit under § 860 D of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or under any successor provision;

  (3) A trust qualifying as a real estate investment trust under §§ 856 through 859 of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or under any successor provision; or

  (4) A "real estate investment trust" or "trust" created under former Chapter 9 of Title 6 or former Chapter 9 of Title 6. See Virginia Code 13.1-1201

• Certificate inspection: means an inspection, the report of which is used by the Chief Inspector to decide whether or not a certificate as provided by § 40. See Virginia Code 40.1-51.5
• Commission: means the State Corporation Commission of Virginia. See Virginia Code 13.1-1201
• Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Labor and Industry. See Virginia Code 40.1-2
• Contract fee inspector: means any certified boiler inspector contracted to inspect boilers or pressure vessels on an independent basis by the owner or operator of the boiler or pressure vessel. See Virginia Code 40.1-51.5
• Converting entity: means the domestic or foreign business trust, corporation, limited liability company, limited partnership, partnership, or other entity that adopts a plan of domestication or plan of entity conversion pursuant to this article. See Virginia Code 13.1-1264
• Department: means the Department of Labor and Industry. See Virginia Code 40.1-2
• domestic business trust: means an unincorporated business, trust, or association that:

  1. See Virginia Code 13.1-1201

• Domestic partnership: means an association of two or more persons to carry on as co-owners a business for profit formed under § 50-73. See Virginia Code 13.1-1201
• Entity: includes any domestic or foreign business trust or other business entity, any estate or trust, and any state, the United States, and any foreign government. See Virginia Code 13.1-1201
• Entity conversion: means conversion. See Virginia Code 13.1-1201
• Governing instrument: means a trust instrument that creates a business trust and provides for the governance of the affairs of the business trust and the conduct of its business, including, without limitation, a declaration of trust. See Virginia Code 13.1-1201
• Government: means the Commonwealth and the federal government and any subdivision, agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of either of them. See Virginia Code 15.2-5301
• Grace period: The number of days you'll have to pay your bill for purchases in full without triggering a finance charge. ^{Source: Federal Reserve}
• hospital authority: means a body corporate organized in accordance with the provisions of this chapter for the purposes, with the powers and subject to the restrictions hereinafter set forth. See Virginia Code 15.2-5301
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• Model boiler: means any boiler fabricated to demonstrate an original design or to reproduce or replicate a historic artifact, and used primarily for demonstration, exhibition, or educational purposes. See Virginia Code 40.1-51.19:1
• Month: means a calendar month and "year" means a calendar year. See Virginia Code 1-223
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• Other entity: means a domestic real estate investment trust or common law trust. See Virginia Code 13.1-1264
• Owner-user inspection agency: means any person, firm, partnership or corporation registered with the Chief Inspector and approved by the Board as being legally responsible for inspecting pressure vessels which they operate in Virginia. See Virginia Code 40.1-51.5
• Resulting entity: means the domestic limited liability company or business trust that is in existence upon consummation of an entity conversion pursuant to this article. See Virginia Code 13.1-1264
• Trust: includes a common law trust, business trust, and foreign business trust. See Virginia Code 13.1-1201