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Gas

Gas. See the (English) Gasworks Clauses Act, 1847, and other Acts set out in Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Gas.' By s. 161 of the (English) Public Health Act, 1875 (see also (English) Road Traffic Act, 1934 (24...

Book of account

CBI v. V.C. Shukla, (1998) 3 SCC 410: AIR 1998 SC 1406: 1998 Cr LJ 1905 (SC). -All companies registered under the (English) Companies Act,1929, are by s. 122 obliged to keep books of account of (a)

Employer

Employer, means (i) a company; (ii) a firm; (iii) an association of persons or a body of individuals, whether incorporated or not, but excluding any fund or trust or institution eligible for exemption under clause (23C)...

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allowance for bad debts

allowance for bad debts Your best guess at how much of your accounts receivable will not be collectable. In other words, your best guess at how much of your accounts receivable will be "bad debts." An...

consortium

-sortiums [Latin, sharing, partnership, from consort- consors sharer, partner] 1 : an agreement, combination, or group (as of companies) formed to undertake an enterprise beyond the resources of any one member 2 Medieval Latin, marital partnership, from

patent

patent [Anglo-French, from Latin patent- patens, from present participle of patēre to be open] 1 a : open to public inspection see also letters patent at letter b : secured or protected by a patent [a...

pyramid

pyramid 1 : a group of holding companies superimposed on one another to give those in control of the top holding company control over all of

Blue skylaw

A law enacted to provide for the regulation and supervision of investment companies in order to protect the public against companies that do not intend to do a fair and honest

Public service corporation

A corporation such as a railroad company lighting company water company etc organized or chartered to follow a public calling or to render services more or less essential to the general public convenience or safety

Alien

British subject. It should, however, be observed that the right to own land which has been conferred on companies registered under the Companies Act, 1929, notwithstanding the Mortmain Acts, has not been extended to alien companies established

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