| James Kent - 1827 - 544 páginas
...CORPORATIONS. A corporation is a franchise possessed by one or more indivuJuaTsTwno sufrs!st"as~a1x>cly politic, under a special denomination, and are vested,...numerous the association may be, as a single individual. The object of the institution is to enable the members to act by one united will, and to continue their... | |
| Jacob D. Wheeler - 1834 - 626 páginas
...franchise possessed by one or more individuals, who subsist as a body politic under a special name, and are vested by the policy of the law -with the capacity of perpetual 1. RIDDLE v. MERRIMACK RIVER LOCKS, &c. 7 Mass. Rep. 169, Parsons, CJSP MERCHANTS' BANK v. COOK, 4... | |
| James Kent - 1848 - 1046 páginas
...CORPORATIONS. A CORPORATION is a franchise possessed by one or more individuals, who subsist as a body politie, under a special denomination, and are vested, by the...numerous the association may be, as a single individual. The object of the institution is to enable the members to act by one united will, and to continue their... | |
| James Kent - 1858 - 966 páginas
...hours a day. 26* LECTURE XXXIII. OF CORPORATIONS. A CORPORATION is a franchise possessed by one or more individuals, who subsist as a body politic, under...numerous the association may be, as a single individual. The object of the institution is to enable the members to act by one united will, and to continue their... | |
| Alexander Mansfield Burrill - 1859 - 736 páginas
...only in contemplation of law. Marshall, C. 'J. 4 Wheaton's R. 636.— A franchise possessed by one or more individuals, who subsist as a body politic, under...numerous the association may be, as a single individual. 2 Kenfs Com. 267. And see Kyd on Corp. Introd. 13. Grant on Corp. 4, 5. Otherwise denominated a body... | |
| John C. Devereux - 1868 - 444 páginas
...CORPOR ATIONS. i 1, TPftatf wa corporation f — 267. A corporation is a franchise possessed by one or more individuals, who subsist as a body politic, under...numerous the association* may be, as a single individual. 2, What is the object of this institution f— 267. To enable the members to act by one united will,... | |
| John Barbee Minor - 1876 - 686 páginas
...intangible, and incorporeal. It is defined by Chancellor Kent to be " A franchise possessed by one or more individuals, who subsist as a body politic, under...several respects (however numerous the association) as a single individual." (2 Kent's Com. 267; 1 Browne's Civ. & Adm. Law, 141; Bank of U. S. v. Devaux,... | |
| Sir John Richard Somers Vine - 1879 - 288 páginas
...NATURE AND CONSTITUTION OF MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS. A CORPORATION is a franchise possessed by one or more individuals who subsist as a body politic under...numerous the association may be, as a single individual. The object of the institution is to enable the members to act by one united will, and to continue their... | |
| Edward Lillie Pierce - 1881 - 684 páginas
...created by law, and composed of individuals, who subsist as a body politic under a special denomination, with the capacity of perpetual succession, and of acting in several respects as a natural person.1 The right of being and acting as a corporation is a franchise granted by the... | |
| Joseph William Hume-Williams - 1882 - 334 páginas
...NATURE AND CONSTITUTION OF MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS.* A CORPORATION is a franchise possessed by one or more individuals who subsist as a body politic under...numerous the association may be, as a single individual. The object of the institution is to enable those constituting it to act by one united will, and to... | |
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