As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Certificate of limited partnership" means the certificate referred to in section eight of this article and the certificate as amended; (2) "Contribution" means any cash, property, services rendered or a promissory note or other binding obligation to contribute cash or property or to perform services, which a partner contributes to a limited partnership in his or her capacity as a partner; (3) "Deliver" or "delivery" means any method of delivery used in conventional commercial practice, including, but not limited to, delivery by hand, mail, commercial delivery and electronic transmission; (4) "Electronic transmission" or "electronically transmitted" means any process of communication not directly involving the physical tlransfer of paper that is suitable for the retention, retrieval and reproduction of information by the recipient; (5) "Event of withdrawal of a general partner" means an event that causes a person to cease to be a general partner as provided in section twenty-three of this article; (6) "Foreign limited partnership" means a partnership formed under the laws of any state other than this state and having as partners one or more general partners and one or more limited partners; (7) "General partner" means a person who has been admitted to a limited partnership as a general partner in ac cordance with the partnership agreement and named in the certificate of limited partnership as a general partner; (8) "Limited partner" means a person who has been admitted to a limited partnership as a limiWted partner in accordance with the partnership agreement; (9) "Limited partnership" and "domestic limited partnership" means a partnership formed by two or more persons under the laws of this state and having one or more general partners and one or more limited partners; (10) "Partner" means a limited or general partner; (11) "Partnership agreement" means any valid agreement, written or oral, of the partners as to the affairs of a limited partnership and the conduct of its business; (12) "Partnership interest" means a partner's share of the profits and losses of a limited partnership and the right to receive distributions of partnership assets; (13) "Person" means a natural person, partnership, limited partnership (domestic or foreign), limited liability company, professional limited liability company, trust, estate, association, corporation, or any other legal or commercial entity; (14) "Sign" or "signature" includes, but is not limited to, any manual, facsimile, conformed or electronic signature with means to identify a record by a signature, mark or other symbol, with intent to authenticate it; and (15) "State" means a state, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
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