[Code 1991, § 17-101]
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article,
shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where
the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
BANK
Any incorporated bank, banking association or trust company
organized by or under the authority of the laws of the commonwealth
and any bank or banking association organized by or under the authority
of the laws of the United States, doing business or having an office
in the commonwealth or having a charter which designates any place
within the commonwealth as the place of its principal office, and
any bank which establishes and maintains a branch in the commonwealth
under Code of Virginia, § 6.1-44.1 et seq., or Code of Virginia, § 6.1-44.15
et seq., whether such bank or banking association is authorized to
transact business as a trust company or not, and any joint stock land
bank or any other bank organized by or under the authority of the
laws of the United States upon which the commonwealth is authorized
to impose a tax. The term shall exclude all corporations organized
under the laws of other states and doing business in the commonwealth,
corporations organized not as banks under the laws of the commonwealth
and all natural persons and partnerships.
BANK HOLDING COMPANY
Any corporation that is organized under the laws of the commonwealth,
is doing business in the commonwealth, and is a bank holding company
under the provisions of the Federal Bank Holding Company Act of 1956.
NET CAPITAL
The bank's net capital computed pursuant to Code of Virginia,
§ 58.1-1205.