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<section article="gca" article_name="Corporations and Associations" number="12-101" title_number="12" title_name="Statutory Trusts" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Definitions; General Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Beneficial owner” means any owner of record of a beneficial interest in a statutory trust, the fact of ownership to be determined and evidenced, whether by means of registration, the issuance of certificates or otherwise, in conformity to the applicable provisions of the governing instrument of the statutory trust.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Foreign business entity” means:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A foreign statutory trust; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A corporation, general or limited partnership, common–law trust, limited liability company, real estate investment trust, or any other unincorporated business formed, organized, or existing under the laws of another state, the United States, a foreign country, or other foreign jurisdiction.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Foreign statutory trust” means a trust that is:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Formed under the laws of another state, the United States, a foreign country, or other foreign jurisdiction; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Required by the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is formed to file a record with a public official in that jurisdiction.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>“Governing instrument” means a declaration of trust or other trust instrument which provides for the governance of the affairs of a statutory trust and the conduct of its business.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Other business entity” means a corporation, a general or limited partnership, a common–law trust, a limited liability company, a real estate investment trust, or any other unincorporated business.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Other business entity” does not include a statutory trust.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>“Person” means a natural person, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, trust, estate, association, corporation, custodian, nominee, or any other individual or entity in its own or any representative capacity.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Statutory trust” means an unincorporated business, trust, or association that is:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Formed by filing an initial certificate of trust under § 12–204 of this title; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Governed by a governing instrument.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Statutory trust” includes a trust formed under this title on or before May 31, 2010, as a business trust, as the term business trust was then defined in this title.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Trustee” means the person appointed as a trustee in accordance with the governing instrument of a statutory trust.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Trustee” may include a beneficial owner of a statutory trust.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
