The Law and Practice of Joint-stock and Other Public Companies: Including the Statutes, with Notes : a Collection of Precedents of Memoranda and Articles of Association, and All the Other Forms Required in Making, Administering, and Winding Up a CompanyStevens & Sons, 1875 - 847 pages |
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... determined on the tion for , and principles which govern ordinary contracts . There Shares . must be an offer , and an acceptance of that offer , com- municated to the party making the same . If then , the letter of application contain ...
... determined on the tion for , and principles which govern ordinary contracts . There Shares . must be an offer , and an acceptance of that offer , com- municated to the party making the same . If then , the letter of application contain ...
Page 42
... determined is thus stated by Lord Cairns in Elkington's case . " Did Messrs . Elkington intend and agree to become members and shareholders in præsenti with a collateral agreement as to what should be the effect of their so becoming ...
... determined is thus stated by Lord Cairns in Elkington's case . " Did Messrs . Elkington intend and agree to become members and shareholders in præsenti with a collateral agreement as to what should be the effect of their so becoming ...
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... determined by the death or bankruptcy of the holder . " This description of shares in an unincorporated company would seem to be scarcely accu- rate , unless the expression " unincorporated company " is con- fined to a mere private ...
... determined by the death or bankruptcy of the holder . " This description of shares in an unincorporated company would seem to be scarcely accu- rate , unless the expression " unincorporated company " is con- fined to a mere private ...
Page 68
... determined on verbal repudiation ) , 10 Eq . 503 , in which the applicants were successful ; and Pawle's case , 4 Ch . 497 , in which the shareholder , being substantially a party to proceedings by another shareholder , was relieved of ...
... determined on verbal repudiation ) , 10 Eq . 503 , in which the applicants were successful ; and Pawle's case , 4 Ch . 497 , in which the shareholder , being substantially a party to proceedings by another shareholder , was relieved of ...
Page 91
... determine the liability of the company in ( a ) Sheffield , & c . , Banking Co. , 11 Jur . 1015. A power to change name is given by the Companies Act 1862 , section 13 ; see also s . 20 and note as to identity of name , or resemblance ...
... determine the liability of the company in ( a ) Sheffield , & c . , Banking Co. , 11 Jur . 1015. A power to change name is given by the Companies Act 1862 , section 13 ; see also s . 20 and note as to identity of name , or resemblance ...
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Page 146 - 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 496 - Any Contract which if made between 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 463 - WE, the several persons whose names and addresses are subscribed, are desirous of being formed into a company, in pursuance of this memorandum of association, and we respectively agree to take the number of shares in the capital of the company set opposite our respective names.
Page 714 - An Act for the more effectual Abolition of Oaths and Affirmations taken and made in various Departments of the State, and to Substitute Declarations in lieu thereof, and for the more entire suppression of voluntary and extra-judicial Oaths and Affidavits; and to make other Provisions for the Abolition of unnecessary Oaths.
Page 380 - If any director, officer, or contributory of any company wound up flcatlon of booka. unc|er this act destroys, mutilates, alters, or falsifies any books, papers, writings, or securities, or makes or is privy to the making of...
Page 201 - Things ; (that is to say,) (1) The Name of the proposed Company, with the Addition of the Word »Limited...
Page 261 - The amount of the capital of the company, and the number of shares into which it is divided.
Page 675 - The chairman may, with the consent of the meeting, adjourn any meeting from time to time and from place to place, but no business shall be transacted at any adjourned meeting other than the business left unfinished at the meeting from which the adjournment took place.
Page 605 - The directors may elect a chairman of their meetings and determine the period for which he is to hold office ; but if...
Page 682 - The auditors shall make a report to the shareholders upon the balance sheet and accounts, and in every such report they shall state whether, in their opinion, the balance sheet is a full and fair balance sheet, containing...