Connecticut § 51-343 - Definitions.

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§ 51-343. Definitions.

Sec. 51-343. Definitions. For purposes of this chapter and section 52-46a, the following definitions shall apply:

(1) “Domestic business organization” means any sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, firm or other form of business or legal entity organized or incorporated under the laws of this state.

(2) “Filed” means filed at the court location where there is a clerk designated to receive and maintain the record of the action regardless of the court location to which the writ is made returnable.

(3) “Foreign business organization” means any sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, firm or other form of business or legal entity incorporated under the laws of any other state or foreign government.

(4) “Made returnable” designates the judicial district court location or geographical area where the plaintiff desires the case to be heard.

(5) “Property” means anything of value.

(P.A. 77-576, S. 2, 65; P.A. 82-248, S. 151; P.A. 24-108, S. 37.)

History: P.A. 82-248 alphabetized the definitions and deleted from the definition of property “and includes the word estate as used in section 52-42, revision of 1958, revised to 1977”; P.A. 24-108 deleted former Subsec. (a) defining “domestic corporation”, deleted former Subsec. (f) defining “United States corporation”, redesignated Subsecs. (b) to (e) as Subdivs. (2) to (5), defined “Domestic business organization” in added Subdiv. (1), and deleted “Foreign corporation” and defined “Foreign business organization” in redesignated Subdiv. (3).

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