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Definition :

Incorporation, the formation of a legal body, with the quality of perpetual existence and succession, except as limited by the Royal Charter or Act of Parliament effecting the incorporation.

Municipal Boroughs are incorporated by their charters; County Councils by s. 79 of the (English) Local Government Act, 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c. 41); see also (English) Local Government Act, 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 51), s. 2; Joint Stock Companies either by special Act or under the (English) Companies Act.