LAWDOG BANKRUPTCY DICTIONARY

Corporation

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Under 11 U.S.C. Section 101, the term:

(9) ''corporation'' -

(A) includes -

(i) association having a power or privilege that a private corporation, but not an individual or a partnership, possesses;

(ii) partnership association organized under a law that makes only the capital subscribed responsible for the debts of such association;

(iii) joint-stock company;

(iv) unincorporated company or association; or

(v) business trust; but

(B) does not include limited partnership;

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