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Allotment

partition, the distribution of land under an inclosure Act, or shares in a public undertaking. See COMPANY. By (English) Companies Act,

Call

by the terms of the prospectus or agreement to take shares, Croskey v. Bank of Wales, (1863) 4, 9 Giff 314,

Dividend

Dividend, a share, the part allotted in division; the interest paid on the

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Shareholder

Shareholder, word 'shareholder' can mean only a registered shareholder. It is

stock

: the ownership element in a corporation usually divided into shares and represented by transferable certificates ;also : the certificate evidencing

Joint-tenancy

the following cases, in joint-tenancy, estates in common or undivided shares, and coparceners; see infra. For the purpose of limitations over,

Tenancy in Common

Tenancy in Common. Legal estate in undivided shares inland has been abolished by the Law of Property Act,

Partnership

to the partnership. They provide, amongst other things, for equal shares in profits and equal contributions to losses; for indemnification of

security

to or is divisible into a class or series of shares, participations, interests, or obligations, is a commonly recognized medium of

Transfer

make over to another; the document by which property, as shares in public companies, is made over by one to another.

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