§ 18-11-2. Definitions.
In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Assignment� includes any written stock power, bond power, bill of sale, deed, declaration
of trust, or other instrument of transfer.
(2) "Claim of beneficial interest� includes a claim of any interest by a decedent's legatee,
distributee, heir or creditor, a beneficiary under a trust, a ward, a beneficial owner
of a security registered in the name of a nominee, or a minor owner of a security
registered in the name of a custodian, or a claim of any similar interest, whether
the claim is asserted by the claimant or by a fiduciary or by any other authorized
person on his or her behalf, and includes a claim that the transfer would be in breach
of fiduciary duties.
(3) "Corporation� means a private or public corporation, association, or trust issuing
a security.
(4) "Fiduciary� means an executor, administrator, trustee, guardian, committee, conservator,
curator, tutor, custodian, or nominee.
(5) "Person� includes an individual, a corporation, government or governmental subdivision
or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, two (2) or more
persons having a joint or common interest, or any other legal or commercial entity.
(6) "Security� includes any share of stock, bond, debenture, note, or other security issued
by a corporation that is registered as to ownership on the books of the corporation.
(7) "Transfer� means a change on the books of a corporation in the registered ownership
of a security.
(8) "Transfer agent� means a person employed or authorized by a corporation to transfer
securities issued by the corporation.