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incorporate -rat·ed -rat·ing vt 1 : to unite with something else to form a whole [ the agreement into the divorce] 2 : to form (as a business) into a legal corporation 3 : to include (rights guaranteed by the Bill of Rights) within the guarantees of the Fourteenth Amendment see also selective incorporation, total incorporation vi : to form a legal corporation in·cor·po·ra·tion [in-kȯr-pə-rā-shən] n incorporate by reference : to make (the terms of a contemporaneous or earlier document) part of another document (as a codicil) by specific reference in that document see also republish ...
total incorporation
total incorporation : a doctrine in constitutional law: the Fourteenth Amendment's due process clause embraces all the guarantees in the Bill of Rights and applies them to cases under state law compare selective incorporation NOTE: The total incorporation doctrine has never been adopted by a majority of the U.S. Supreme Court. The majority opinions of the Supreme Court have instead adhered to a fundamental fairness standard or applied selective incorporation in determining whether a state has violated the Fourteenth Amendment's due process clause. ...
articles of incorporation
articles of incorporation :a document by which a corporation is formed that sets forth basic information (as the corporation's name, purpose, directors, and stock) usu. as required by statute see also certificate of incorporation compare bylaws charter NOTE: In most states a corporation is created upon the filing of the articles of incorporation with the secretary of state. ...
certificate of incorporation
certificate of incorporation 1 : a certificate issued by a state's secretary of state that shows acceptance of a corporation's articles of incorporation 2 : articles of incorporation ...
selective incorporation
selective incorporation : a theory or doctrine of constitutional law that those rights guaranteed by the first eight amendments to the U.S. Constitution that are fundamental to and implicit in the concept of ordered liberty are incorporated into the Fourteenth Amendment's due process clause compare total incorporation ...
Incorporative
Incorporating or tending to incorporate as the incorporative languages as of the Basques North American Indians etc which run a whole phrase into one word...
Incorporated Law Society
Incorporated Law Society, now termed the Law Society, was founded by Mr. Bryan Holme in 1825, and incorporated in 1831 by Royal Charter; this was surrendered for a new Charter in 1845, by which, as amended by Supplemental Charters in 1872, 1903, and 1909, the Society now remains constituted. The Society was incorporated 'to facilitate the acquisition of legal knowledge, and for better and more conveniently discharging the professional duties of the members of the Society,' under the full title of 'The Society of Attorneys, Solicitors, Proctors, and others not being Barristers practicing in the Courts of Law and Equity of the United Kingdom'; since the charter of 1903 it has been officially (as before them commonly) called 'The Law Society.'The Society first instituted lectures for students in 1833, and was made registrar of attorneys and solicitors in 1843 by the (English) Solicitors Act, 1843 (6 & 7 Vict. c. 73), s. 21.On the decay of the Inns of Chancery, which in their later aspect ...
Incorporation
Incorporation, the formation of a legal body, with the quality of perpetual existence and succession, except as limited by the Royal Charter or Act of Parliament effecting the incorporation.Municipal Boroughs are incorporated by their charters; County Councils by s. 79 of the (English) Local Government Act, 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c. 41); see also (English) Local Government Act, 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 51), s. 2; Joint Stock Companies either by special Act or under the (English) Companies Act....
incorporator
incorporator : any of the persons who join as original members in incorporating a company ...
Incorporeality
The state or quality of being incorporeal or bodiless immateriality incorporealism...
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