Section 44-8-3 - Definitions.

44-8-3. Definitions.

As used in the Receivership Act [44-8-1 NMSA 1978]:   

A.     "applicant" means an interested person who seeks the appointment of a receiver;   

B.     "business entity" means a sole proprietorship, a profit or nonprofit corporation, a general or limited partnership, business trust, joint venture or other enterprise composed of one or more persons or entities;   

C.     "interested person" means any secured or unsecured creditor, a shareholder of a corporation, a general or limited partner of a partnership or a person jointly owning or interested in a receivership estate; and   

D.     "receivership estate" means tangible and intangible property, its proceeds, profits, substitutions, additions, fixtures and accretions for which a receiver is sought.