certificate of incorporation

American

noun

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

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

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certificate of incorporation

The company’s most recent certificate of incorporation describes no such mechanism.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

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 certificate of incorporation, however, was not issued until the laws of the union were made to conform to the insurance laws of the state.

From Beneficiary Features of American Trade Unions by James B. Kennedy

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