§ 270. Definitions. As used in this article:\n (a) "Affiliate" means:\n (1) a person that directly or indirectly owns, controls or holds with\npower to vote, twenty percent or more of the outstanding voting\nsecurities of the debtor, other than a person that holds the securities:\n (i) as a fiduciary or agent without sole discretionary power to vote\nthe securities; or\n (ii) solely to secure a debt, if the person has not in fact exercised\nthe power to vote;\n (2) a corporation twenty percent or more of whose outstanding voting\nsecurities are directly or indirectly owned, controlled or held with\npower to vote, by the debtor or a person that directly or indirectly\nowns, controls or holds, with power to vote, twenty percent or more of\nthe outstanding voting securities of the debtor, other than a person\nthat holds the securities:\n (i) as a fiduciary or agent without sole discretionary power to vote\nthe securities; or\n (ii) solely to secure a debt, if the person has not in fact exercised\nthe power to vote;\n (3) a person whose business is operated by the debtor under a lease or\nother agreement, or a person substantially all of whose assets are\ncontrolled by the debtor; or\n (4) a person that operates the debtor's business under a lease or\nother agreement or controls substantially all of the debtor's assets.\n (b) "Asset" means property of a debtor, but the term does not include:\n (1) property to the extent it is encumbered by a valid lien;\n (2) property to the extent it is generally exempt under non-bankruptcy\nlaw; or\n (3) an interest in property held in tenancy by the entirety to the\nextent it is not subject to process by a creditor holding a claim\nagainst only one tenant.\n (c) "Claim", except as used in "claim for relief", means a right to\npayment, whether or not the right is reduced to judgment, liquidated,\nunliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured, disputed,\nundisputed, legal, equitable, secured or unsecured.\n (d) "Creditor" means a person that has a claim.\n (e) "Debt" means liability on a claim.\n (f) "Debtor" means a person that is liable on a claim.\n (g) "Electronic" means relating to technology having electrical,\ndigital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic or similar\ncapabilities.\n (h) "Insider" includes:\n (1) if the debtor is an individual:\n (i) a relative of the debtor or of a general partner of the debtor;\n (ii) a partnership in which the debtor is a general partner;\n (iii) a general partner in a partnership described in subparagraph\n(ii) of this paragraph; or\n (iv) a corporation of which the debtor is a director, officer, or\nperson in control;\n (2) if the debtor is a corporation:\n (i) a director of the debtor;\n (ii) an officer of the debtor;\n (iii) a person in control of the debtor;\n (iv) a partnership in which the debtor is a general partner;\n (v) a general partner in a partnership described in subparagraph (iv)\nof this paragraph; or\n (vi) a relative of a general partner, director, officer or person in\ncontrol of the debtor;\n (3) if the debtor is a partnership:\n (i) a general partner in the debtor;\n (ii) a relative of a general partner in, a general partner of or a\nperson in control of the debtor;\n (iii) another partnership in which the debtor is a general partner;\n (iv) a general partner in a partnership described in subparagraph\n(iii) of this paragraph; or\n (v) a person in control of the debtor;\n (4) an affiliate, or an insider of an affiliate as if the affiliate\nwere the debtor; and\n (5) a managing agent of the debtor.\n (i) "Lien" means a charge against or an interest in property to secure\npayment of a debt or performance of an obligation, and includes a\nsecurity interest created by agreement, a judicial lien obtained by\nlegal or equitable process or proceedings, a common-law lien, or a\nstatutory lien.\n (j) "Organization" means a person other than an individual.\n (k) "Person" means an individ
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