West Virginia Code > Chapter 47B > Article 9 – Conversions and Mergers


47B-9-1	Definitions
47B-9-2	Conversion of partnership to limited partnership
47B-9-3	Conversion of limited partnership to partnership
47B-9-4	Effect of conversion; entity unchanged
47B-9-5	Merger of partnerships
47B-9-6	Effect of merger
47B-9-7	Statement of merger
47B-9-8	Nonexclusive

Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
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.
Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
real property: include lands, tenements and hereditaments, all rights thereto and interests therein, except chattel interests. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
State: when applied to a part of the United States and not restricted by the context, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" also include the said district and territories. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
Statute: A law passed by a legislature.