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Shares in public undertakings

a mixed fund, consisting in part of personal chattels, as well as lands and fixtures. Shares in all companies which are within the Companies Acts (see the Companies Act, 1929, s. 62), OR THE Companies Clauses Act,

Just and equitable

226. The words 'just and equitable' which occur in s. 222(f) of the English Act, corresponding to Indian Companies Act, s. 433(f), were not to be construed ejusdem generis with clauses (a) to (e) of s. 222

Stannary

s. 18 of the Judicature Act, 1873 [see now Judicature Act, 1925, s. 26)], to county courts; see Companies Act, 1929, ss. 163 (jurisdiction in winding up), 297 to 299 (attachment of debts, preferential payments, and mine

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Proxy

See Harben v. Phillips, (1883) 23 Ch D p. 35. As to voting by proxy under the (English) Companies Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 16), see sections 76, 77 of that Act; amended

Manager

the instance of a mortgagee, see Coote on Mortgages. As to managers appointed by debenture holders, see (English) Companies Act, 1929, s. 86, and Part VI. Of that Act relating to receivers and managers. As to special

Business names

registration have been increased by s. 5 of the (English) Fees Increase Act, 1923. See also the (English) Companies Act, 1929, s. 145, which applies and extends the provisions of the (English) Companies (Particulars as to Directors)

bad debt expense

bad debt expense An expense account that reflects the amount of your company's accounts that are not collectable, that is the amount of your company's accounts that are "bad debts." A "bad debt expense" account is...

Allotment

the distribution of land under an inclosure Act, or shares in a public undertaking. See COMPANY. By (English) Companies Act, 1929, ss. 39-42, reproducing and amending s. 85 of the Companies (Consolidation) Act, 1908, no allotment of

Association, Memorandum of

two persons, each taking at least one share in the company which is the subject of the memorandum, Companies Act, 1929, ss. 1 and 2.The memorandum defines the nature and objects of the company. It constitutes the

Dividend

of profits of a company payable to each shareholder (see Articles 89 to 96 of Table A to Companies Act, 1929, and ss. 120-123 of the Companies Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845); a distributive share of a bankrupt's

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