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The answer for you question would be, Delayed Matching to Sample or simplified, (DMTS)
The Uniform Partnership Act (UPA), which includes revisions that are sometimes called the Revised Uniform Partnership Act (RUPA), is a uniform act (similar to a model statute), proposed by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws ("NCCUSL") for the governance of business partnerships by U.S. States. Several versions of UPA have been promulgated by the NCCUSL, the earliest having been put forth in 1914, and the most recent in 1997.
You have been living your whole life on a planet. Planets make up solar systems, solar systems make up galaxies, and galaxies make up universes which make up all of existence in space.