§ 2. General definitions. As used in this chapter "court" includes\nevery court and judge having jurisdiction in the case;\n "Business" includes every trade, occupation, or profession;\n "Person" includes individuals, partnerships, corporations, and other\nassociations;\n "Bankrupt" includes bankrupt under the federal bankruptcy act or\ninsolvent under any state insolvent act;\n "Conveyance" includes every assignment, lease, mortgage, or\nencumbrance;\n "Real property" includes land and any interest or estate in land.\n "Foreign professional service corporation" has the meaning given to it\nin subdivision (d) of section fifteen hundred twenty-five of the\nbusiness corporation law.\n "Foreign professional service limited liability company" has the\nmeaning given to it in subdivision (a) of section thirteen hundred one\nof the limited liability company law.\n "Foreign limited liability partnership" means (i) any partnership\nwithout limited partners operating under an agreement governed by the\nlaws of any jurisdiction, other than this state, each of whose partners\nis a professional authorized by law to render a professional service\nwithin this state and who is or has been engaged in the practice of such\nprofession in such partnership or a predecessor entity, or will engage\nin the practice of such profession in the foreign limited liability\npartnership within thirty days of the date of the effectiveness of the\nnotice provided for in subdivision (a) of section 121-1502 of this\nchapter or each of whose partners is a professional, at least one of\nwhom is authorized by law to render a professional service within this\nstate and who is or has been engaged in the practice of such profession\nin such partnership or a predecessor entity, or will engage in the\npractice of such profession in the foreign limited liability partnership\nwithin thirty days of the date of the effectiveness of the notice\nprovided for in subdivision (a) of section 121-1502 of this chapter,\n(ii) any partnership without limited partners operating under an\nagreement governed by the laws of any jurisdiction, other than this\nstate, authorized by, or holding a license, certificate, registration or\npermit issued by the licensing authority pursuant to, the education law\nto render a professional service within this state, which renders or\nintends to render professional services within this state and which is\ndenominated as a registered limited liability partnership or limited\nliability partnership under such laws, regardless of any difference\nbetween such laws and the laws of this state, or (iii) a foreign related\nlimited liability partnership; except that all partners of a foreign\nlimited liability partnership that provides health, professional\nengineering, land surveying, geologic, architectural and/or landscape\narchitectural services in this state shall be licensed in this state.\n "Licensing authority" means the regents of the university of the state\nof New York or the state education department, as the case may be, in\nthe case of all professions licensed under title eight of the education\nlaw, and the appropriate appellate division of the supreme court in the\ncase of the profession of law.\n "New York registered foreign limited liability partnership" means a\nforeign limited liability partnership which has filed a notice pursuant\nto subdivision (a) of section 121-1502 of this chapter that has not been\nwithdrawn or revoked and which complies with subdivision (1) of section\n121-1502 of this chapter.\n "Profession" includes any practice as an attorney and\ncounsellor-at-law or as a licensed physician, and those professions\ndesignated in title eight of the education law.\n "Professional" means an individual duly authorized to practice a\nprofession, a professional service corporation, a professional service\nlimited liability company, a foreign professional service limited\nliability company, a registered limited liability part
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