“Grant” shall mean to mortgage, pledge, bargain, sell, warrant, alienate, remise, release, convey, assign, transfer, create, and to grant a lien upon and a security interest in and right ofset-off against, and to deposit, set over and confirm pursuant to the Indenture. A Grant of the Collateral or of any other agreement or instrument shall include all rights, powers and options (but none of the obligations) of the granting party thereunder, including the immediate and continuing right to claim for, collect, receive and give receipt for principal and interest payments in respect of the Collateral and all other monies payable thereunder, to give and receive notices and other communications, to make waivers or other agreements, to exercise all rights and options, to bring Proceedings in the name of the granting party or otherwise, and generally to do and receive anything that the granting party is or may be entitled to do or receive thereunder or with respect thereto.
“HB3” shall mean Texas House Bill 3 (enrolled May 19, 2006) and the corresponding sections of the Texas Tax Code, Title 2 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Holder” shall mean a Noteholder or a Certificateholder, as the case may be.
“Indemnified Parties” shall have the meaning specified in Section 8.2 of the Trust Agreement.
“Indenture” shall mean the Indenture, dated as of January 1, 2019, between the Trust and the Indenture Trustee, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time.
“Indenture Trustee” shall mean U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association, not in its individual capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee under the Indenture, and any successor Indenture Trustee under the Indenture.
“Independent” shall mean, when used with respect to any specified Person, that such Person (i) is in fact independent of the Issuer, any other obligor on the Notes, the Depositor, the Seller, the Servicer and any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons, (ii) does not have any direct financial interest or any material indirect financial interest in the Issuer, any such other obligor, the Depositor, the Seller, the Servicer or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons and (iii) is not connected with the Issuer, any such other obligor, the Depositor, the Seller, the Servicer or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons as an officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner, director or person performing similar functions.
“Independent Certificate” shall mean a certificate or opinion to be delivered to the Indenture Trustee under the circumstances described in, and otherwise complying with, the applicable requirements of Section 11.1 of the Indenture, made by an Independent appraiser or other expert appointed by an Issuer Order and approved by the Indenture Trustee in the exercise of reasonable care, and such opinion or certificate shall state that the signer has read the definition of “Independent” in the Indenture and that the signer is Independent within the meaning thereof.
“Initial Note Balance” shall mean, as the context may require, (i) with respect to all of the Notes, $1,500,000,000, or (ii) with respect to any Note, an amount equal to the initial denomination of such Note.
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