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Corporation or body politic

purposes, and eleemosynary, to perpetuate founders' charities. It is by virtue of the sovereign's prerogative exercised by a charter, or of an Act of Parliament, or of prescription, that the artificial personage called a corporation, whether sole

Company

as some years ago, styled a Joint Stock Company. A company has its origin either (1) in a charter, as the Bank of England and many insurance companies; or (2) in a special Act of Parliament, with

Chartered

Granted or established by charter having or existing under a charter having a privilege by charter

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bank

transmission of funds branch bank : a banking facility that is a separate but dependent part of a chartered bank ;esp : a facility that performs some banking functions and is separate from a main office bridge

Incorporated Law Society

termed the Law Society, was founded by Mr. Bryan Holme in 1825, and incorporated in 1831 by Royal Charter; this was surrendered for a new Charter in 1845, by which, as amended by Supplemental Charters in 1872,

Fatuous persons

Fatuous persons, idiots. Includes express reference to 'breach of statutory duty' and to 'liability in tort', Standard Chartered Bank v. Pakistan Shipping Corpn. (No. 4) (CA), (2000) 3 WLR 1692. Means negligence, breach of statutory duty

Cyrographum

Cyrographum, an Anglo-Saxon charter, this word being written in capital letters at the top or bottom of the charter and cut through

Contra formam feoffamenti

feoffamenti, a writ that lay for the heir of a tenant enfeoffed of certain lands or tenements, by charter of feoffment from a lord, to make certain services and suits to his court, who was afterwards distrained

demise

will or lease : lease 2 : the transmission of property by testate or intestate succession 3 : charter of a boat in which the owner surrenders completely the possession, command, and navigation of the boat called

Dead freight

not shipped a full cargo for the part not shipped. Amount charged for empty space in a vessel chartered to local a full cargo and which falls short of requirements; an agreed gum to be paid in

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