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general welfare clause
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Company
as an active participant in the social and economic life of the citizen in order to bring about general welfare and common good of the community. With this change in socio-economic thinking, the developing role of companies in … of Parliament, with which, as authorizing an undertaking of a public nature such as a railway, the Companies Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 16), is necessarily incorporated; or (3) in registration under the
power
I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the U.S. tax·ing power : the power granted to a government body to lay and collect taxes … Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution to regulate commerce esp. among the states see also commerce clause concurrent power : a power that is held simultaneously by more than one entity ;specif : a power
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