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corporation

the investment, exchange, or lending of moneyed capital municipal corporation : a political unit created or otherwise given corporate status (as by a charter) by a superior governing authority (as a state) and endowed with powers of … individuals that has most of the rights and duties of natural persons but with perpetual existence and limited liability see also pierce compare association, partnership, sole proprietorship close corporation [klōs-] : a corporation whose shares are held

reorganization

for all or part of the voting stock of the acquiring corporation or its parent regardless of any liability assumed by the acquiring corporation as a result of the acquisition D reorganization [dē-] : a reorganization involving … Code b : any of various procedures (as recapitalization or merger) that affect the tax structure of a corporation under the Internal Revenue Code and often produce favorable tax treatment A reorganization [ā-] : a reorganization that

employer identification number

employer identification number A number used to identify the tax account of employers, sole proprietors, corporations, partnerships, and limited liability companies. This number is required if you have employees, have a Keogh plan, operate

Non-feasance

As to liability to an action for damages for non-feasance as distinguished from mis-feasance, see Maguire v. Liverpool Corporation, (1905) 1 KB 767; McClelland v. Manchester Corporation, (1912) 1 KB 118; and Boyntin v. Ancholme Drainage and

merger

by the divorce decree 6 a : the act or process of merging b : absorption by one corporation of another ;also : any of various methods of combining two or more organizations (as business concerns) compare … by continued participation of the shareholders, directors, and employees of the absorbed corporation, and by an assumption of liabilities by the absorbing corporation NOTE: Shareholders in a de facto merger are considered to have the same right

Incumbrance

liability 'attached to property', it must be a burden or liability that runs with the land, National Textile Corporation v. State of Maharashtra, AIR 1977 SC 1566: (1977) 3 SCC 4: (1977) 3 SCR 525.

Contributory

a secondary degree. A shareholder may sometimes avoid liability by transfer to a pauper. See Re Discoveries Finance Corporation, (1910) 1 Ch 312, but see Hyam's Case, (1859) 1 De 9 F&J 75. Directors with unlimited liability

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