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Corporate secretary
Corporate secretaryOfficer of a corporation responsible for the official documents of the corporation such as the official seal, records of shares issued, and minutes of all board or committee meetings. RELATED TERMS-------------------------------------- Corporation A legal entity, allowed by legislation, which permits a group of people, as shareholders (for-profit companies) or members (non-profit companies), to create an organization, which can then focus on pursuing set objectives, and empowered with legal rights which are usually only reserved for individuals, such as to sue and be sued, own property, hire employees or loan and borrow money. Also known as a "company." The primary advantage of for profit corporations is that it provides its shareholders with a right to participate in the profits (by dividends) without any personal liability because the company absorbs the entire liability of the organization. Official civil and canon laws. In the ancient civil law, the person who was the minister of, or attendant upon a magistrate, was called the official. Documents Evidence. The deeds, agreements, title papers, letters, receipts, and other written instruments used to prove a fact. Seal To mark a document with a seal; to authenticate or make binding by affixing a seal. Court seal, corporate seal. Minutes A written record of the proceedings of director's or shareholder's meetings. Usually a summary of the discussion at meetings and a record of formal resolutions passed. The minutes of a meeting are usually prepared by the secretary and then presented and approved at the next meeting and signed by the chairman. Board This word is used to designate all the magistrates of a city or borough, or all the managers or directors of any institution; as, the board of aldermen; the board of directors of the Bank of North America. The majority of the board have in general the power to perform the acts of the whole board, but sometimes they are restrained by their charters, and it requires a greater number to perform certain acts. Committee 1) Legislation. One or more members of a legislative body to whom is specially referred some matter before that body, in order that they may investigate and examine into it and report to those who delegated this authority to them. 2) When a person has been found non compos, the law requires that a guardian should be appointed to take care of his person and estate; this guardian is called the committee. SIMILAR TERMS-------------------------------------- Corporal 1) An epithet for anything belonging to the body, as, corporal punishment, for punishment inflictedon the person of the criminal; corporal oath, which is an oath by the party who takes it being obliged to lay his hand on the Bible. 2) In the army. A non-commissioned officer in a battalion of infantry. Corporal punishment A punishment for some violation of conduct which involves the infliction of pain on, or harm to the body. A fine or imprisonment is not considered to be corporal punishment (in the latter case, although the body is confined, no punishment is inflicted upon the body). The death penalty is the most drastic form of corporal punishment and is also called capital punishment. Some schools still use a strap to punish students. Some countries still punish habitual thieves by cutting off a hand. These are forms of corporal punishment, as is any form of spanking, whipping or bodily mutilation inflicted as punishment. Corporal touch It was once decided that before a seller of personal property could be said to have stopped it in transitu, so as to regain the possession of it, it was necessary that it should come to his corporal touch. Corporate veil Corporate personality has been firmly established in the common law since the decision in Salomon v Salomon,whereby, a corporation has a separate legal personality, rights and obligations totally distinct from those of its shareholders. Legislation and courts nevertheless sometimes "pierce the corporate veil" so as to hold the shareholders personally liable for the liabilities of the corporation. Courts may also "lift the corporate veil", in the conflict of laws in order to determine who actually controls the corporation, and thus to ascertain the corporation's true contacts, and closest and most real connection. Corporation A legal entity, allowed by legislation, which permits a group of people, as shareholders (for-profit companies) or members (non-profit companies), to create an organization, which can then focus on pursuing set objectives, and empowered with legal rights which are usually only reserved for individuals, such as to sue and be sued, own property, hire employees or loan and borrow money. Also known as a "company." The primary advantage of for profit corporations is that it provides its shareholders with a right to participate in the profits (by dividends) without any personal liability because the company absorbs the entire liability of the organization. Corporator One who is a member of a corporation. Corporeal hereditament Such thing as affects the senses, as may be seen and handled. Corporeal property Civil law. That which consists of such subjects as are palpable. In the common law, the term to signify the same thing is properly in possession. Corpse The dead body of a human being Corpus A Latin word, which signifies body. Corpus comitatus The body of the county; the inhabitants or citizens of a whole county, used in contradistinction to a part of a county, or a part of its citizens Corpus cum causa Practice. The writ of habeas corpus cum causa is a writ commanding -the person to whom it is directed, to have the body, together with the cause for which he is committed, before the court or judge issuing the same. Corpus delicti The body of the offence; the essence of the crime Corpus juris canonici The body of the canon law. A compilation of the canon law bears this name. Corpus juris civilis The body of the civil law. This, is the name given to a collection of the civil law, consisting of Justinian's Institutes, the Pandects or Digest, the Code, and the Novels. PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS-------------------------------------- Corody Incorporeal hereditaments. An allowance of meat, drink, money, clothing, lodging, and such like necessaries for sustenance. Coroner A public official who holds an inquiry into violent or suspicious deaths. A coroner has the power to summon people to the inquest. Corporal 1) An epithet for anything belonging to the body, as, corporal punishment, for punishment inflictedon the person of the criminal; corporal oath, which is an oath by the party who takes it being obliged to lay his hand on the Bible. 2) In the army. A non-commissioned officer in a battalion of infantry. Corporal punishment A punishment for some violation of conduct which involves the infliction of pain on, or harm to the body. A fine or imprisonment is not considered to be corporal punishment (in the latter case, although the body is confined, no punishment is inflicted upon the body). The death penalty is the most drastic form of corporal punishment and is also called capital punishment. Some schools still use a strap to punish students. Some countries still punish habitual thieves by cutting off a hand. These are forms of corporal punishment, as is any form of spanking, whipping or bodily mutilation inflicted as punishment. Corporal touch It was once decided that before a seller of personal property could be said to have stopped it in transitu, so as to regain the possession of it, it was necessary that it should come to his corporal touch. Corporate secretary Corporate veil Corporate personality has been firmly established in the common law since the decision in Salomon v Salomon,whereby, a corporation has a separate legal personality, rights and obligations totally distinct from those of its shareholders. Legislation and courts nevertheless sometimes "pierce the corporate veil" so as to hold the shareholders personally liable for the liabilities of the corporation. Courts may also "lift the corporate veil", in the conflict of laws in order to determine who actually controls the corporation, and thus to ascertain the corporation's true contacts, and closest and most real connection. Corporation A legal entity, allowed by legislation, which permits a group of people, as shareholders (for-profit companies) or members (non-profit companies), to create an organization, which can then focus on pursuing set objectives, and empowered with legal rights which are usually only reserved for individuals, such as to sue and be sued, own property, hire employees or loan and borrow money. Also known as a "company." The primary advantage of for profit corporations is that it provides its shareholders with a right to participate in the profits (by dividends) without any personal liability because the company absorbs the entire liability of the organization. Corporator One who is a member of a corporation. Corporeal hereditament Such thing as affects the senses, as may be seen and handled. Corporeal property Civil law. That which consists of such subjects as are palpable. In the common law, the term to signify the same thing is properly in possession. We thank you for using the Juridical Dictionary to search for Corporate secretary. If you have a better definition for Corporate secretary than the one presented here, please let us know by making use of the suggest a term option. This definition of Corporate secretary may be disputed by other professionals. Our attempt is to provide easy definitions on Corporate secretary and any other medical topic for the public at large.
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