A Treatise on the Law of Corporations, Volume 1 |
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... also been called a fran- chife ( b ) the propriety of this appellation de- pends on the more or lefs extenfive meaning in which the word " franchise " is used ; in its most extenfive fenfe it expreffes every politi- cal right which can ...
... also been called a fran- chife ( b ) the propriety of this appellation de- pends on the more or lefs extenfive meaning in which the word " franchise " is used ; in its most extenfive fenfe it expreffes every politi- cal right which can ...
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... also necef- farily have the capacity of fuing and being fued in right of the office they hold , distinct from their ca- pacity of fuing and being fued as private individuals . THERE are also inftances of perfons who hold particular ...
... also necef- farily have the capacity of fuing and being fued in right of the office they hold , distinct from their ca- pacity of fuing and being fued as private individuals . THERE are also inftances of perfons who hold particular ...
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... also , one general divifion of fole corporations into two kinds ; those , where the person so denomi- nated , has a corporate capacity for his own be- nefit ; and those , where he acts only as a trustee for the benefit of others : of ...
... also , one general divifion of fole corporations into two kinds ; those , where the person so denomi- nated , has a corporate capacity for his own be- nefit ; and those , where he acts only as a trustee for the benefit of others : of ...
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... also spiritual ; fuch are bishops ; fome deans and prebendaries ; all archdeacons , parfons and vicars ; and formerly chauntry priests , which are fole corporations ; deans and chapters at prefent , and formerly prior and convent ...
... also spiritual ; fuch are bishops ; fome deans and prebendaries ; all archdeacons , parfons and vicars ; and formerly chauntry priests , which are fole corporations ; deans and chapters at prefent , and formerly prior and convent ...
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... also many other corporations , re- fembling hofpitals , of this laft defcription , which are neither colleges nor hospitals , but which may be claffed under the head of eleemofynary corporations , as their object is , by means of ...
... also many other corporations , re- fembling hofpitals , of this laft defcription , which are neither colleges nor hospitals , but which may be claffed under the head of eleemofynary corporations , as their object is , by means of ...
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abbot act of parliament action affembly aforefaid againſt aldermen alſo anſwer bailiffs becauſe biſhop body borough bye law cafe capacity caſe cauſe ceffors charter chofen citizens city of London clauſe common feal common law confent confequence conftitution corporation aggregate court cuſtom dean and chapter deed defendant diftinction ecclefiaftical election eſtabliſhed eſtate exerciſed expreffed faid fame fays feal fecond feems fhall fhew fhould firſt fole corporation fome ftatute fubject fucceffor fuch fued fufficient fummons grant himſelf hofpital houſe iffue impleaded incorporated Juftice King King's lands leafe leaſe letters patent licence Lord mafter major mayor mayor and commonalty mortmain muſt neceffary obferved perfons plaintiff pleaded poffeffions poration prebendary prefent preſcription purchaſe purpoſe queſtion Raym reaſon refident refpect refuſed rent ſaid ſcholars ſeems ſeveral ſhall ſpecial ſtated ſuch tenements themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion town ufual univerſity unleſs uſe void words writ
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Page 27 - Bounty (that is, the governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne for the Augmentation of the Maintenance of the Poor Clergy).
Page 311 - I, AB, do declare and believe that it is not lawful upon any pretence whatsoever to take arms against the king, and that I do abhor that traitorous position of taking arms by his authority against his person, or against those that are commissioned by him. So help me God.
Page 264 - Charter, shall for ever hereafter be one body corporate and politic in deed, fact and name, by the name and style " THE CORPORATION OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, IN AMERICA...
Page 25 - Of this are all hospitals for the maintenance of the poor, sick, and impotent; and all colleges both in our universities and out of them.
Page 69 - To sue or be sued, implead or be impleaded, grant or receive, by its corporate name, and do all other acts as natural persons may.
Page 311 - I, AB, do declare that I hold that there lies no obligation upon me or any other person from the oath commonly called the Solemn League and Covenant, and that the same was in itself an unlawful oath, and imposed upon the subjects of this realm against the known laws and liberties of the kingdom.
Page 196 - London is, and from time whereof the memory of " man is not to the contrary, hath been an ancient...
Page 301 - ... city for the time being or the major part of them, from time to time and at all times hereafter...
Page 122 - That from henceforth all leases, gifts, grants, feoffments, conveyances or estates to be made, had, done, or suffered by any master and fellows of any college, dean and chapter of any cathedral or collegiate church, master or guardian of any hospital...
Page 118 - ... coverture or after, shall be good and effectual in the law against the lessors, their wives, heirs and successors, and every of them, according to such estate as is comprised and specified in every such indenture of lease, in like manner and form as the same should have been, if the lessors thereof, and every of them, at the time of the making of such leases, had been lawfully seised of the same lands, tenements and hereditaments comprised in such indenture, of a good, perfect and pure estate...