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     § 302.  Definitions.
        The following words and phrases when used in this chapter
     shall have, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the
     meanings given to them in this section:
        "Business."  Any commercial or professional activity.
        "Entity."  Any individual or any corporation, association,
     partnership, joint-stock company, business trust, syndicate,
     joint adventureship or other combination or group of persons,
     regardless of whether it is organized or formed under the laws
     of this Commonwealth or any other jurisdiction.
        "Fictitious name."  Any assumed or fictitious name, style or
     designation other than the proper name of the entity using such
     name. The term includes a name assumed by a general partnership,
     syndicate, joint adventureship or similar combination or group
     of persons.
        "Proper name."  When used with respect to an association of a
     type listed in the following paragraphs, the term means the name
     set forth in:
            (1)  the articles of incorporation, for a corporation;
            (2)  the statement of registration, for a limited
        liability partnership;
            (3)  the certificate of limited partnership, for a
        limited partnership;
            (4)  the statement of election, for an electing
        partnership;
            (5)  the certificate of organization, for a limited
        liability company;
            (6)  the articles of association, for a professional
        association;
            (7)  the deed of trust or other trust instrument, if any,
        that has been filed in the Department of State for a business
        trust; or
            (8)  a publicly filed document in another jurisdiction
        which is of a type listed in paragraphs (1) through (7).
     (June 22, 2000, P.L.356, No.43, eff. 60 days; June 22, 2001,
     P.L.418, No.34, eff. 60 days)

        2001 Amendment.  Act 34 amended the defs. of "entity" and
     "proper name" intro. par. and par. (7) and carried without
     amendment the defs. of "business" and "proper name" pars. (1),
     (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6).
        2000 Amendment.  Act 43 amended the defs. of "entity" and
     "fictitious name" and added the def. of "proper name."

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