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certificate of incorporation

American  

noun

  1. a statement filed with a state official in forming a corporation, stating its name, purposes, the distribution of its stock, etc.


certificate of incorporation British  

noun

  1. company law a signed statement by the Registrar of Companies that a company is duly incorporated

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From BBC • Jun. 14, 2025

The certificate of incorporation of a private limited company for Snyder UK Investments Limited was filed Nov. 21 with the registrar of companies for England and Wales.

From Washington Post • Jan. 2, 2023

The legislation would allow startup companies to elect to become a cooperative when they file a certificate of incorporation.

From Washington Times • Jun. 2, 2017

The document, an amended and restated certificate of incorporation, was filed Dec. 17.

From Reuters • Dec. 30, 2010

Suppose a statute prescribes that the persons named in the certificate of incorporation, or any three of them, may call a meeting of the shareholders, and before giving notice all of them had died?

From Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman by Bolles, Albert Sidney

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