A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law. Being the mere creature of law, it possesses only those properties which the charter of its creation confers upon it, either expressly or as incidental... Accountancy Problems with Solutions - Էջ 229Leo Greendlinger - 1911Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
| E. Lauterpacht - 1989 - 782 էջ
...outside recognized [462 US 629] that an incorporated entity — described by Chief Justice Marshall as "an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law"" — is not to be regarded as legally separate from its owners in all circumstances. Thus, where a corporate... | |
| Académie de droit international de La Haye - 1990 - 420 էջ
...Compare what US Chief Justice John Marshall said about another common conception, the corporation : "[I]t is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law." Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Woodward, 17 US (4 Wheat.) 518, 636 (1819). In the international system,... | |
| Phillip I. Blumberg - 1993 - 337 էջ
...of the Fourth Amendment." Justice Harlan, also concurring, was more positive: "... a corporation— 'an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law'— cannot claim the immunity given by the Fourth Amendment; for it is not a part of the 'People' within... | |
| Clifford G. Christians, John P. Ferré, P. Mark Fackler - 1993 - 286 էջ
...Corporations and Morality, chap. 2. 16. Chief Justice John Marshall initiated this definition in 1819: "A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in the contemplation of law. Being the mere creation of law, it possesses only those properties which... | |
| Evan McKenzie - 1994 - 260 էջ
...that can be granted or taken away, as reflected in Chief Justice John Marshall's statement that it is "an artificial being, invisible, intangible and existing only in contemplation of law."5 The other genealogical line is the long history of implicit freedom of association for business... | |
| Marc Giguere - 1994 - 722 էջ
.... but a realty for legal purposes. (Brice, On the theory of ultra vires, p. 1, dans Giroux) .» 4- «A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in cont emplat ion of law. Being the mere creature of law, it possesses only those properties which the... | |
| Henry N. Butler, Larry E. Ribstein - 1995 - 236 էջ
...in the first great corporation case in this country, Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Woodward.™ A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible,...creature of law, it possesses only those properties that the charter of its creation confers upon it, either expressly or as incidental to its very existence.... | |
| R. P. Maheshwari - 1997 - 324 էջ
...members. The portion of the capital to which each member is entitled is his share." — Lord Lindley "A corporation is an artificial being, invisible,...intangible and existing only in contemplation of law. Being a mere creation of law, it possesses only the properties which the charter of its creation confers... | |
| R. P. Maheshwari - 1997 - 398 էջ
...body and a common seal." Chief Justice Marshall of USA in Dartmouth College Case defined a company as, "A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible and existing only in contemplation of the law. Being a mere creation of law, it possesses only the properties which the charter of its creation... | |
| R. P. Maheshwari - 1997 - 248 էջ
...body and a common seal". Chief Justice Marshall of USA in Dartmouth College case defined a company as "A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible and existing only in contemplation of the law. Being a mere creation of law, it possesses only the properties which the charter of its creation... | |
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