Definition of corporation

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Corporation (n.) A body politic or corporate, formed and authorized by law to act as a single person, and endowed by law with the capacity of succession; a society having the capacity of transacting business as an individual..

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Incorporation :: Incorporation (n.) The union of something with a body already existing; association; intimate union; assimilation; as, the incorporation of conquered countries into the Roman republic..
Present :: Present (a.) To lay before a public body, or an official, for consideration, as before a legislature, a court of judicature, a corporation, etc.; as, to present a memorial, petition, remonstrance, or indictment..
Appropriate :: Appropriate (v. t.) To annex, as a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property..
Statute :: Statute (a.) An act of a corporation or of its founder, intended as a permanent rule or law; as, the statutes of a university..
Terrier :: Terrier (n.) In modern usage, a book or roll in which the lands of private persons or corporations are described by their site, boundaries, number of acres, or the like..
Amortization :: Amortization (n.) The act or right of alienating lands to a corporation, which was considered formerly as transferring them to dead hands, or in mortmain..
Concorporation :: Concorporation (n.) Union of things in one mass or body.
Corporator :: Corporator (n.) A member of a corporation, esp. one of the original members..
Bondholder :: Bondholder (n.) A person who holds the bonds of a public or private corporation for the payment of money at a certain time.
Receiver :: Receiver (n.) A person appointed, ordinarily by a court, to receive, and hold in trust, money or other property which is the subject of litigation, pending the suit; a person appointed to take charge of the estate and effects of a corporation, and to do other acts necessary to winding up its affairs, in certain cases..
Disincorporation :: Disincorporation (n.) Deprivation of the rights and privileges of a corporation.
Dotation :: Dotation (n.) Endowment; establishment of funds for support, as of a hospital or eleemosynary corporation..
Bencher :: Bencher (n.) An alderman of a corporation.
Disincorporate :: Disincorporate (v. t.) To detach or separate from a corporation.
Incorporation :: Incorporation (n.) The act of creating a corporation.
Promoter :: Promoter (n.) Specifically, one who sets on foot, and takes the preliminary steps in, a scheme for the organization of a corporation, a joint-stock company, or the like..
Mandamus :: Mandamus (n.) A writ issued by a superior court and directed to some inferior tribunal, or to some corporation or person exercising authority, commanding the performance of some specified duty..
Corporate :: Corporate (a.) Belonging to a corporation or incorporated body.
Notification :: Notification (n.) The act of notifying, or giving notice; the act of making known; especially, the act of giving official notice or information to the public or to individuals, corporations, companies, or societies, by words, by writing, or by other means..
By-law :: By-law (n.) A local or subordinate law; a private law or regulation made by a corporation for its own government.
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