A Treatise on the Law of Companies, Considered as a Branch of the Law of Partnership, 2. köide

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Sweet and Maxwell, limited, 1902

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Page 1350 - Any contract which if made l>etween private persons would be by law required to be in writing, and signed by the parties to be charged therewith, may be made on behalf of the company in writing signed by any person acting under the express or implied authority of the company...
Page 1332 - Any notice, if served by post, shall be deemed to have been served at the time when the letter containing the same would be delivered in the ordinary course of the post ; and in proving such service it shall be sufficient to prove that the letter containing the notice was properly addressed and put into the post office.
Page 1258 - ... to such amount as the members may respectively undertake by the memorandum of association to contribute to the assets of the company in the event of its being wound up.
Page 1258 - ... no company, association, or partnership, consisting of more than twenty persons, shall be formed after the commencement of this act for the purpose of carrying on any other business that has for its object the acquisition of gain by the company, association, or partnership, or by the individual members thereof, unless it is registered...
Page 1328 - Every member of the Association undertakes to contribute to the assets of the Association, in the event of the same being wound up during the time that he is a member...
Page 1328 - The objects for which the company is established are, " the " conveyance of passengers and goods in ships or boats between such " places as the company may from time to time determine, and the doing " all such other things as are incidental or conducive to the attainment
Page 1320 - The directors may elect a chairman at their meetings, and determine the period for which he is to hold office ; but if no such chairman is elected, or if at any meeting the chairman is not present at the time appointed for holding the same, the directors present shall choose some one of their number to be chairman of such meeting.
Page 1391 - With respect to every untrue statement purporting to be a statement by or contained in what purports to be a copy of or extract from a report or valuation...
Page 1301 - A company engaged in working mines within and subject to the jurisdiction of the Stannaries: is not a partnership within the meaning of this Act.
Page 1317 - Proceedings of the company, shall be conclusive evidence of the fact, without proof of the number or proportion of the votes recorded in favour of, or against, such resolution.

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