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proxy statement : a document containing information about a proposed corporate action that the corporation is required to submit to shareholders for their vote on the action ...
proxy
proxy pl: prox·ies [Middle English procucie, contraction of procuracie, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin procuratia, alteration of Latin procuratio appointment of another as one's agent] 1 : the act or practice of a person serving as an authorized agent or substitute for another used esp. in the phrase by proxy 2 a : authority or power to act for another b : a statement or document giving such authorization ;specif : an oral consent or written document (as a power of attorney) given by a stockholder to a specified person or persons to vote corporate stock 3 a : a person authorized to act or make decisions for another [appointed a health-care ] b : something serving to replace or substitute for another thing ...
Proxy
Proxy, a person appointed, usually by written authority, by a person entitled to vote personally, to vote at the discretion of the 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 in the case of a company being shareholder, by the Companies Clauses Acts, 1888 and 1889.A letter 'for the sole purpose of appointing or authorizing a proxy to vote at any one meeting at which votes may be given by proxy, whether the number of persons named in such instrument be one or more,' must bear a penny stamp, must specify the day on which the meeting is to be held, and is to be available only at the meeting so specified, and any adjournment thereof [(English) Stamp Act, 1891, and First Schedule]. The Standing Orders of Parliament (L.S.O. 62 and C.S.O. 62) prohibit the sending out of stamped proxies in connection with extension bills. Directors, acting in ...
proxy contest
proxy contest : a shareholder's challenge to an action or the control of corporate management accomplished through the solicitation of proxies from other shareholders called also proxy fight ...
proxy marriage
proxy marriage : a marriage performed in the absence of either the bride or groom who authorizes a proxy to represent him or her at the ceremony ...
Proxies
Proxies, annual payments by the parochial clergy to the bishop, etc., on visitation....
Affidavit
Affidavit [fr. affidare, M. Lat., to pledge one's faith, fr. fides, Lat.], a written statement sworn before a person having authority to administer an oath.By the practice of the Supreme Court of Judicature, all evidence is, as a rule, to be given viva voce; but this may be altered by agreement of the parties, or the Court or a judge may for sufficient reason order that any particular fact or facts may be proved by affidavit, or that the affidavit of any witness may be read at the hearing or trial on such conditions as are thought reasonable; provided that no such order be made where a witness can be produced and is bona fide required for cross-examination (R. S. C. 1883, Ord. XXXVII., r. 1). A new Procedure is provided for by R. S. C., Ord. XXXVIII. A., r. 8 J. affidavits must be confined to such facts as the witness is able of his own knowledge to prove, except on interlocutory motions, on which statements as to his belief, with the grounds thereof, may be admitted.As to time for fil...
Statement
Statement, means statement of facts and not the statement of law, Madan Sah v. Laleshwar Choubey, AIR 1994 Pat 149. [See Bihar Buildings (Lease, Rent and Eviction) Control Act (3 of 1947), s. 14(4)]Statement, the primary meaning of the word 'statement' to be found in Shorter Oxford English Dictionary and Webster's New World Dictionary is 'something that is stated'. Another meaning that is given in the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary is 'written or oral communication'. The word 'statement' has been used in number of ss. so the Act in its primary meaning of 'something is stated' and that meaning should be given to it under s. 157 also unless there is something that cuts down that meaning for the purpose of that section, Bhogilal Chunilal Pandya v. State of Bombay, AIR 1959 SC 356 (359): 1959 Supp (1) SCR 310. (Evidence Act, 1872, s. 157)In its dictionary meaning is the act of stating or reciting, 'Prima facie' a statement cannot take in an omission. A statement cannot include that whic...
prior inconsistent statement
prior inconsistent statement : a witness's statement made out of court prior to testifying that is inconsistent with the witness's testimony and that may be offered to impeach the witness's credibility compare prior consistent statement NOTE: If a prior inconsistent statement was made under oath subject to the penalties of perjury at a previous proceeding (as a deposition or grand jury hearing), the statement is not hearsay under Federal Rule of Evidence 801(d)(1) and may be offered to prove that what was asserted in the statement is true. ...
Annual Financial Statement
Annual Financial Statement, means a statement made by the Minister-incharge of Finance in the legislature containing the probable income and expenditure of the Government for any year; familiarly known as Budget. Parliamentary Practice, Erskin May, 22nd Edn., p. 788.In U.K., this statement is made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the House of Commons when he has completed his estimate of the probable income and expenditure for the financial year, Parliamentary Practice, Erskine May, 22nd Edn., p. 788.It contains his view of the resources of the country; it declares whether the burdens upon the people are to be increased or diminished, Parliamentary Practice, Erskine May, 22nd Edn., p. 788.The Annual Financial Statement or the Statement or the Statement of the Estimated Receipts and Expenditure of the Government of India in respect of each financial year, known as the 'Budget', is presented to Lok Sabha on such day as the President may direct, Rules of Procedure and Conduct of (Raj...
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