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7-2-506
Section 7-2-506 Rights of financing agency. (1) A financing agency by paying or purchasing
for value a draft which relates to a shipment of goods acquires to the extent of the payment
or purchase and in addition to its own rights under the draft and any document of title securing
it any rights of the shipper in the goods including the right to stop delivery and the shipper's
right to have the draft honored by the buyer. (2) The right to reimbursement of a financing
agency which has in good faith honored or purchased the draft under commitment to or authority
from the buyer is not impaired by subsequent discovery of defects with reference to any relevant
document which was apparently regular. (Acts 1965, No. 549, p. 811; Act 2004-315, p. 464,
ยง2.)...
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7-1-201
Section 7-1-201 General definitions. (a) [Reserved]. (b) Subject to additional definitions
contained in the subsequent articles of this title which are applicable to specific articles
or parts thereof, and unless the context otherwise requires, in this title: (1) "Action,"
in the sense of a judicial proceeding, includes recoupment, counterclaim, set-off, suit in
equity, and any other proceeding in which rights are determined. (2) "Aggrieved party"
means a party entitled to pursue a remedy. (3) "Agreement," as distinguished from
"contract," means the bargain of the parties in fact, as found in their language
or inferred from other circumstances, including course of performance, course of dealing,
or usage of trade as provided in Section 7-1-303. (4) "Bank" means a person engaged
in the business of banking and includes a savings bank, savings and loan association, credit
union, and trust company. (5) "Bearer" means a person in possession of a negotiable
instrument, document of title, or...
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37-11A-1
Section 37-11A-1 Execution and text of compact. The Governor, on behalf of this state, shall
execute a compact, in substantially the following form, with the State of Mississippi, and
the Legislature approves and ratifies the compact in the form substantially as follows: Northeast
Mississippi - Northwest Alabama Railroad Authority Compact. The contracting states solemnly
agree: Article I. The purpose of this compact is to promote and develop trade, commerce, industry,
and employment opportunities for the public good and welfare in northeast Mississippi and
northwest Alabama through the establishment of a joint interstate authority to acquire certain
railroad properties and facilities which the operator thereof has notified the Interstate
Commerce Commission of an intention to abandon and which are located in any of Franklin, Marion,
or Winston Counties, Alabama or in Alcorn or Tishomingo Counties, Mississippi. Article II.
This compact shall become effective immediately as to the State...
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7-5-102
Section 7-5-102 Definitions. (a) In this article: (1) "Adviser" means a person who,
at the request of the issuer, a confirmer, or another adviser, notifies, or requests another
adviser to notify, the beneficiary that a letter of credit has been issued, confirmed, or
amended. (2) "Applicant" means a person at whose request or for whose account a
letter of credit is issued. The term includes a person who requests an issuer to issue a letter
of credit on behalf of another if the person making the request undertakes an obligation to
reimburse the issuer. (3) "Beneficiary" means a person who under the terms of a
letter of credit is entitled to have its complying presentation honored. The term includes
a person to whom drawing rights have been transferred under a transferable letter of credit.
(4) "Confirmer" means a nominated person who undertakes, at the request or with
the consent of the issuer, to honor a presentation under a letter of credit issued by another.
(5) "Dishonor" of a letter...
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7-9A-102
Section 7-9A-102 Definitions and index of definitions. (a) Article 9A definitions. In this
article: (1) "Accession" means goods that are physically united with other goods
in such a manner that the identity of the original goods is not lost. (2) "Account,"
except as used in "account for," means a right to payment of a monetary obligation,
whether or not earned by performance, (i) for property that has been or is to be sold, leased,
licensed, assigned, or otherwise disposed of, (ii) for services rendered or to be rendered,
(iii) for a policy of insurance issued or to be issued, (iv) for a secondary obligation incurred
or to be incurred, (v) for energy provided or to be provided, (vi) for the use or hire of
a vessel under a charter or other contract, (vii) arising out of the use of a credit or charge
card or information contained on or for use with the card, or (viii) as winnings in a lottery
or other game of chance operated or sponsored by a State, governmental unit of a State, or...
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40-27-1
Section 40-27-1 Compact adopted; terms. The following Multistate Tax Compact is hereby approved,
adopted and enacted into law by the State of Alabama: Multistate Tax Compact Article I. Purposes.
The purposes of this compact are to: 1. Facilitate proper determination of state and local
tax liability of multistate taxpayers, including the equitable apportionment of tax bases
and settlement of apportionment disputes. 2. Promote uniformity or compatibility in significant
components of tax systems. 3. Facilitate taxpayer convenience and compliance in the filing
of tax returns and in other phases of tax administration. 4. Avoid duplicative taxation. Article
II. Definitions. As used in this compact: 1. "State" means a state of the United
States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any territory or possession
of the United States. 2. "Subdivision" means any governmental unit or special district
of a state. 3. "Taxpayer" means any corporation, partnership, firm,...
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7-5-109
Section 7-5-109 Fraud and forgery. (a) If a presentation is made that appears on its face strictly
to comply with the terms and conditions of the letter of credit, but a required document is
forged or materially fraudulent, or honor of the presentation would facilitate a material
fraud by the beneficiary on the issuer or applicant: (1) the issuer shall honor the presentation,
if honor is demanded by (i) a nominated person who has given value in good faith and without
notice of forgery or material fraud, (ii) a confirmer who has honored its confirmation in
good faith, (iii) a holder in due course of a draft drawn under the letter of credit which
was taken after acceptance by the issuer or nominated person, or (iv) an assignee of the issuer's
or nominated person's deferred obligation that was taken for value and without notice of forgery
or material fraud after the obligation was incurred by the issuer or nominated person; and
(2) the issuer, acting in good faith, may honor or dishonor...
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7-2-505
Section 7-2-505 Seller's shipment under reservation. (1) Where the seller has identified goods
to the contract by or before shipment: (a) His procurement of a negotiable bill of lading
to his own order or otherwise reserves in him a security interest in the goods. His procurement
of the bill to the order of a financing agency or of the buyer indicates in addition only
the seller's expectation of transferring that interest to the person named. (b) A nonnegotiable
bill of lading to himself or his nominee reserves possession of the goods as security but
except in a case of conditional delivery (subsection (2) of Section 7-2-507) a nonnegotiable
bill of lading naming the buyer as consignee reserves no security interest even though the
seller retains possession or control of the bill of lading. (2) When shipment by the seller
with reservation of a security interest is in violation of the contract for sale, it constitutes
an improper contract for transportation within Section 7-2-504, but...
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23-7-2
Section 23-7-2 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have
the following meanings: (1) BANK. The Alabama Transportation Infrastructure Bank. (2) BOARD.
The board of directors of the bank. (3) BONDS. Includes bonds, notes, or other evidence of
indebtedness except as otherwise provided in this chapter. (4) DEPARTMENT or DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION. The Alabama Department of Transportation. (5) ELIGIBLE COST. As applied to
a qualified project to be financed from the federal highway account, the costs that are permitted
under applicable federal laws, requirements, procedures, and guidelines in regard to establishing,
operating, and providing assistance from the bank. As applied to a qualified project to be
financed from the state highway account, these costs include the costs of preliminary engineering,
traffic, and revenue studies; environmental studies; right-of-way acquisition; legal and financial
services associated with the development of the...
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19-4-1
Section 19-4-1 Definitions. When used in this article, the following words and phrases shall
have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) FIDUCIARY. An administrator, an administrator with the will annexed, an administrator
de bonis non, an executor, a trustee, a guardian, a conservator, an agent, a custodian or
a custodian or agent for another fiduciary or fiduciaries. (2) FIDUCIARY ACCOUNT. An estate,
a trust, a guardianship, a custodianship, an agency or any other fiduciary relationship, including
a custodianship or agency for another fiduciary or fiduciaries. (3) BANK. A bank or trust
company organized and existing under the laws of Alabama with authority to act as a fiduciary
and a national banking association with its principal office in the State of Alabama and with
authority to act as a fiduciary. (4) SECURITY. Any note; stock; treasury stock; bond; debenture;
evidence of indebtedness; certificate of interest or participation in...
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