16.01.030 Definitions

(a) "Articles" means the original articles of incorporation or organization, or any other instrument filed or issued under any statute to organize a domestic or foreign corporation, domestic or foreign non-profit corporation or a limited liability company, as may be amended or restated from time to time.

(b) "Board" means the board of directors or other governing board of a corporation or non-profit corporation.

(c) "Corporation" means a corporation formed under this title.

(d) "Director" means a member of a board of directors.

(e) "Distribution" means a direct or indirect transfer of money or other property, except the corporation's shares, or the incurrence of indebtedness by the corporation to or for the benefit of its shareholders in respect to the corporation's shares.

(f) "Entity" means any Corporation or Non-Profit Corporation formed under this title.

(g) "General Counsel" means the General Counsel of the Tribe.

(h) "Non-Profit Corporation" means a public benefit, mutual benefit or religious corporation incorporated under this title.

(i) "Person" means a natural person, partnership (whether general or limited and whether domestic or foreign), limited liability company, foreign limited liability company, trust, estate, association, including any group, organization, co-tenancy, plan, board, council or committee, corporation, custodian, nominee or any other individual or entity (or series thereof) in its own or any representative capacity, in each case, whether domestic or foreign.

(j) "Shareholder" means a person holding units of proprietary interest in a corporation and is considered to be synonymous with "member" in a nonstock corporation.

(k) "Shares" means the units into which proprietary interests in a corporation are divided and is considered to be synonymous with "membership" in a nonstock corporation.

(l) "State" means the District of Columbia or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or any state, territory, possession or other jurisdiction of the United States other than the Tribe.

(m) "Tribal Council" means the Tribal Council of the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe.

(n) "Tribal Court Clerk" means the clerk of the Tribal Court.

(o) "Tribal Court" means the Tribal Courts of the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe.

(p) "Tribal Member" means a person who is enrolled under the Tribe's Membership Code or a person who is eligible to be enrolled regardless of where they reside. "Membership Code" means the 1986 Membership Code of the Tribe, as may be amended from time to time.

(q) "Tribal Secretary" means the Tribe's Office of General Counsel, or such other office within the Tribe as the Tribal Council may determine from time to time.

(r) "Tribal Territory" or "Territory" means all lands within the 1796 Treaty with the Seven Nations of Canada (97 Stat. 55) and includes any other lands over which the Tribe exercises jurisdiction.

(s) "Tribe" means the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe.