Glossary of legal & business terms
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- Beneficiary
- Bill of Sale
- Bookkeeping
- Box 12 on W-2
- Breach of Contract
- Building Permit
- Business Dissolution
- Business Entity Status
- Business License
- Business Name Availability Search
- Business Name Reservation
- Business Nexus
- Business Owners Group (BOG)
- Business Permit
- Business Registration Number
- Buy-Sell Provision
C
- C Corp
- CapEx
- Capital
- Capital Accounting
- Capital Contribution
- Cease and Desist Letter
- Cease and Desist Order
- Certificate of Amendment
- Certificate of Dissolution
- Certificate of Good Standing
- Certificate of Occupancy
- Civil Union
- Codicil
- Collective Work
- Commercial Registered Agent
- Common Law Trademark
- Community Property State
- Compliance Calendar
- Compliance in Business
- Consent to Appointment
- Contested Divorce
- Contingent Beneficiary
- Copyright
- Copyright Claimant
- Copyright Compilation
- Copyright Infringement
- Copyright Owner
- Copyright Registration
- Corporate Resolution
- Covenant Marriage
- Current Ratio
- Custodial Parent
D
- DBA
- Dead Trademark
- Deed of Trust
- Defamation of Character
- Default Judgment
- Delinquent Status in Business
- Deposit Copy
- Depreciation
- Derivative Work
- Descriptive Mark
- Direct Ownership in Business
- Disclaimer
- Disregarded Entity
- Dissolution
- Distribution in Business
- Do Not Resuscitate Order (DNR)
- Domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC)
- Domestic Partnership
- Drag-Along Rights
F
- FEIN
- FIFO Method
- FUTA
- Fanciful Mark
- Fiduciary Duty
- Final Tax Return
- Financial Statement
- Fire Department Permit
- First Use in Commerce
- First-Class Postage
- Fixed Asset Turnover
- Fixed Cost
- Fixed in a Tangible Medium of Expression
- Food Handler Permit
- Foreign Corporation
- Foreign LLC
- Foreign Qualification
- Franchise Business
- Franchise Tax
P
- P.O. Box
- PLLC
- POLST Form
- PTIN
- Par Value
- Pass-Through Taxation
- Patent Attorney
- Patent Troll
- Per Stirpes
- Performing Arts Work
- Persistent Vegetative State
- Plan of Dissolution
- Pooled Trust
- Postal Code
- Pour-Over Will
- Power of Attorney
- Prenup
- Preregistration in Copyrights
- Primary Beneficiary
- Principal (Agency Law)
- Principal (Estate Planning)
- Principal Balance
- Principal Office
- Principal Payment
- Principal Register (Trademark)
- Principal Residence
- Principal in Finance
- Priority Mail
- Probate Attorney
- Probate Court
- Professional LLC
- Professional License
- Profit
- Profit & Loss
- Profit Allocation
- Promissory Note
- Proof of Publication
- Property Deed
- Public Benefit Corporation
- Public Domain
- Publication for Opposition
- Published Work
- Purchase Agreement
- Purchase Orders (PO)
S
- S Corp
- SG&A
- Secretary of State
- Section 1(a)
- Section 1(b)
- Section 44
- Section 66(a)
- Seller's Permit
- Series LLC
- Service Mark
- Service of Process
- Sign Permit
- Single-Member LLC
- Slogan
- Sole Proprietorship
- Sound Recording
- Special Form Mark
- Special Use Permit
- Standard Character Mark
- State Tax Registration Number
- Statement of Intent to Dissolve
- Statement of Use
- Statute of Limitations
- Statutory Agent
- Statutory Damages
- Straight-Line Depreciation
- Sublease
- Successor Trustee
- Suggestive Mark
- Supplemental Register (Trademark)
- Surety Bond
- Survival Statute
- Sweat Equity
