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.

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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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Example Sentences

Our team has requested GHF's certificate of incorporation and other linked documents.

From BBC • Jun. 14, 2025

Musk notes in his suit that OpenAI’s certificate of incorporation states that its work “will benefit the public,” and that it isn’t “organized for the private gain of any person.”

From New York Times • Mar. 1, 2024

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

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