a firm owned by two or more shareholders
A legal entity formed to undertake a business or activity. Companies can be either public limited companies, private limited companies or no liability companies.
A legal business entity having members who own it, usually as shareholders, and people who run it, directors. Shareholders can be directors and directors can be shareholders but the important point is that the company is a distinct entity, much like a person. A company, itself, can: own property. employ people. act as director or secretary of another company. enter into contracts. sue in the courts. be sued in the courts.
a complex legal structure, which must be set up by a solicitor or accountant
a juristic person and therefore can become a partner in a partnership firm, if it is authorised to do so by its objects
a juristic person (in the eyes of law it is a person)
a legal body in its own right, unlike a sole trader
a legal entity and it is a different legal person from it directors and shareholders
a legal entity created separately from those who own and operate it
a legal form of business organisation
a legal person but it is not a citizen
a legal person having a juristic personality entirely distinct from and independent of the individual persons who are for the time being its members
a legal person having an independent existence from its shareholders
a legal person in law having its own rights and obligations and may own assets, other companies or business firms
a legal person quite separate from its members and directors (who, in the case of charitable companies are usually called members of the council of management)
a legal person separate and distinct from the people who own it, usually with limited liability
a legal person which has capacity and powers to act on its own (i
a legal person with perpetual succession
a living entity, not a machine
a living entity that needs all its parts working together to survive
a living, growing entity with a natural life cycle, much as our own
an artificial legal entity
an entity distinct alike from its shareholders and its directors
an entity registered in accordance with The Companies Act and endows such a body with a separate legal identity
an entity, separate from you, that you need to create before you can do business
an entity that has legal status, subject to the conditions specified by law, as well as rights and obligations
an entity which Transnet has a stake and various pension funds also have a stake
an independent legal entity able to do business in its own right
an individual, partnership, corporation or group of citizens that get together to offer a service or make a product
a political power structure formed to enhance the prosperity of its members namely the shareholders
a principal either because it is a general partner of a partnership or based on its ownership or financial stake in a registrant
a reflection of the people who comprise its workforce, its management and its shareholders
a separate entity - a legal person in its own right
a separate entity from it's owners
a separate entity from its owners
a separate legal "person" for tax reporting purposes
a separate legal person from its directors
a separate person from its members
a set of legally defined rights and duties organized around an economic purpose
a system, is a whole where the parts must have more value jointly than analysed separately
a totally separate Corporate Body
a voluntary association of persons recognised by law having a distinctive name, a common seal formed to carry on business for profit, with capital divisible window transferable shares, limited liability, a corporate body and perpetual succession
A commercial organisation or entity, registered by relevant statutes, that has its own legal personality. The term is sometimes used generally as synonym for terms like enterprise or firm.
Is a legal person in its own right, separate to the members. It can sue and be sued. The word Limited means that the shareholders' liabilities are limited to the amount they subscribe for, and should the company liquidate, the creditors have no recourse against the shareholders' private assets.
A separate legal entity formed under the New Zealand Companies Act 1993. The operation of a company is governed by the Companies Act and a registered Constitution (plus the other applicable New Zealand Statutes).
A business entity registered in terms of the Companies Act 61 of 1973. A company may enter into agreements of sale or lease in its own name.
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A separate legal entity, incorporated under the companies Act 1965, carrying on a business or trade. A company may be private or public, limited by shares or unlimited, or limited by guarantee.
any person, partnership, or corporation engaging in the business of owning and operating a fleet or fleets of taxicabs having a uniform color scheme.
A business entity which creates paperless entries for introduction into the ACH network.
A formal and legal entity in its own right, separate from its shareholders (or owners).
A legal entity formed by a group of individuals for the purpose of doing business. A companny has a legal existence that is separate from the individuals who found it.
A legal entity regulated by the Australian Securities Commission under the Corporations Law
A lawful legal entity, established and owned by one or more natural persons and/or legal entities. A company has a subject of its activities and bears such rights and responsibilities of a natural person as the ability to conduct commercial operations, own shares and other securities, hold titles to property, borrow and loan money. A company bears liabilities, but exists and acts separately from its owners. Same as corporation.
A corporation or a limited partnership with publicly traded stock.
Any organizational entity
A limited liability business owned by a number of shareholders.
The separate legal entity in which an investor is able to acquire a share stake representing his part ownership of a business.
A company is a separate legal entity governed by the Companies Acts, which conducts activities on its own behalf and is distinct from the persons who own and control it. The proprietors control the company but their liability in relation to the company is limited. Incorporation is the process by which the company is entered on the register at Companies Registry and thereby comes into existence as a separate legal person. A Certificate of Incorporation will be sent to the company by Companies Registry on first incorporation and on any change of name.
An entity for which an accounting system maintains accounting data.
The term company may refer to a separate legal entity, as in English law, or may simply refer to a business, as is the common use in the United States.