corporate charter
1corporate charter — A document filed with state authorities (usually the Secretary of State or Division of Corporations, depending on the state) to form a corporation. As required by the general incorporation law of the state, the charter normally includes the… …
2Corporate charter — A legal document creating a corporation. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * corporate charter UK US noun [C] ► a formal statement of the aims and values of a company or business: »The company cannot alter its corporate charter so that… …
3corporate charter — A legal document creating a corporation. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * corporate charter UK US noun [C] ► a formal statement of the aims and values of a company or business: »The company cannot alter its corporate charter so that its… …
4Corporate Charter — A written document filed with a U.S. state by the founders of a corporation detailing the major components of a company such as its objectives, its structure and its planned operations. If the charter is approved by the state government, the… …
5corporate charter — Document issued by state agency or authority (commonly Secretary of State) granting corporation legal existence and right to function (i.e., conduct business) as a corporation; or, may mean document filed with Secretary of State on incorporation… …
6corporate charter — Document issued by state agency or authority (commonly Secretary of State) granting corporation legal existence and right to function (i.e., conduct business) as a corporation; or, may mean document filed with Secretary of State on incorporation… …
7corporate charter — See charter …
8charter — char·ter 1 n [Old French chartre letter, formal document, from Late Latin chartula, from Latin, diminutive of charta sheet of papyrus] 1 a: a grant or guarantee of rights, powers, or privileges from an authority or agency of a state or country a… …
9Corporate personhood — refers to the question about which subset of rights that are afforded under the law to natural persons should also be afforded to corporations as legal persons. In Dartmouth College v. Woodward (1819), corporations were recognized as having the… …
10Corporate law in the United States — is a collection of over 50 different systems of corporate law, or one law for each state. Two sources of law are, however particularly important: the Model Business Corporation Act (MBCA), drafted by the American Bar Association was influential… …