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Offer of shares to the public

any person going from house to house (not being an office used for business purposes) offering shares for subscription or purchase to the public or any member of the public

proportion of marine insurances is made at the risk of individuals called underwriters. The underwriters meet in a subscription room at Lloyd's, at the back of the Royal Exchange. The joint affairs of the subscribers to these

Chirograph

Chirograph a deed or other public instrument in writing, which anciently was attested by the subscription and crosses of witnesses: afterwards, to prevent frauds and concealment, people made their deeds of mutual covenant in

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call

bank b : a notice to a stockholder or subscriber to pay an assessment or an installment of subscription to capital 2 : call option at option 3 a : a formal announcement or recitation [the daily

Initials

of Wingrove, (1851) 15 Jur. 91; In the goods of Hinds, (1851) 16 Jur 1161]; and a good subscription as regards interlineations in a will [In the goods of Blewitt, (1880) 5 PD 116]. Under the Companies

warrant

at a stated price either prior to a stipulated date or at any future time [stock ] compare subscription war·rant·less adj vt [Anglo-French warentir garantir, from garant protector, guarantor] 1 : to guarantee esp. by giving assurances

pledge (a gift or contribution) by writing one's name with the amount c : to sell (stock) by subscription [over two million shares have been subscribed] vi 1 : to sign one's name to a document ;also

Clergy

Geo. 5, No. 8), contains provisions for dealing with cases where ecclesiastical duties are inadequately performed. See CLERICAL SUBSCRIPTION, infra: also Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Church and Clergy'; Phillimore's Ecclesiastical Law; Dale's Clergyman's Legal Handbook; and Whitehead's Church

Clubs

a committee. The members of an ordinary club, merely as such, are not liable for anything beyond their subscriptions, Wise v. Perpetual Trustee Co., 1903 AC 139. As to altering the rules of a club, see Thellusson

Company

before 1901 or any company registered before 1st July, 1908, which has not issued a prospectus for public subscription of shares, see s. 94. The main distinction between ordinary partnerships for business purposes and company partnerships is

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