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Director General

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Directors

Directors, persons appointed or elected according to law, authorized to manage and direct the affairs of a corporation or … the Trustee Act, 1888, s. 8 [Re Lands Allotment Co., (1894) 1 Ch 616]. As to their position generally, see Re Faure Electric Accumulator Co., (1889) 40 Ch D 141. The (repealed) (English) Directors Liability Act, 1890

Managing Director

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insider (of a corporate debtor)

insider (of a corporate debtor) A director, officer, or person in control of the debtor; a partnership in which the debtor is a general partner;

Company

the assessment for the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1948, or which is declared by general or special order of the Central Board of Revenue to be a company for the purposes of this … Companies Act, 1929, of companies not formed under that Act, see ss. 321-336 ibid. Consult Palmer; See ASSOCIATION; DIRECTORS; FOREIGN COMPANY; PRIVATE COMPANY; SUBSIDIARY COMPANY; STANNARY. Company means-- (i) any Indian company, or (ii) any association, whether

Liquidator

appointed by the company in general meeting to wind up its affairs and thereupon the powers of the directors shall cease except so far as the company in general meeting or the liquidator sanctions the continuance thereof

insider (of an individual debtor)

is a general partner; general partner of the debtor; or a corporation of which the debtor is a director, officer, or person in control. Source: Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts

independent counsel

the U.S. Attorney General to investigate and prosecute criminal violations by high government officials, members of Congress, or directors of a presidential reelection campaign after a preliminary investigation by the Attorney General finds specific and credible evidence

Audit

the Board of Trade, upon application made in pursuance of a resolution passed at a meeting of the directors or at a general meeting. The principle of compulsory audit was first applied to companies generally by the

Negligence

and reasonable man would not do, [See Blyth v. Birmingham Waterworks Co., (1856) 11 Exch 781: Bridges v. Directors etc. of N.L. Ry. (1873-74) HL 213; Governor-General in Council v. Mt. Saliman, (1949) ILR 27 Pat 207:

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