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ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

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A document filed with state authorities (usually the Secretary of State or Corporations Commissioner, depending on the state) to form a limited liability company As required by the general incorporation law of the state, the Articles normally include the purpose of the company its principal place of business, the names of its initial directors who will control it, and the … [Read more...] about ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

ARSON

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Arson, at common law, is the act of unlawfully and maliciously burning the house of another man. 4 Steph. Comm. 99; 2 Russ. Crimes, 896; Steph. Crim. Dig. 298. Arson, by the common law, is the willful and malicious burning of the house of another. The word "house," as here understood, includes not merely the dwelling house, but all outhouses which are parcel thereof. Arson is … [Read more...] about ARSON

ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION

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A document filed with state authorities (usually the Secretary of State or Corporations Commissioner, depending on the state) to form a corporation. As required by the general incorporation law of the state, the Articles normally include the purpose of the corporation, its principal place of business, the names of its initial directors who will control it. … [Read more...] about ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION

ARSURA

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The trial of money by heating It after it was coined. The loss of weight occasioned by this process. A pound was said to burn so many pence (tot ardere denarios) as it lost by the fire. Spelman. The term is now obsolete. … [Read more...] about ARSURA

ARTICLES OF PARTNERSHIP

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The name given to an instrument of writing by which the parties enter into a partnership, upon the conditions therein mentioned. This instrument generally contains certain provisions which it is the object here to point out. 2. But before proceeding more particularly to the consideration of the Subject, it will be proper to observe that sometimes preliminary agreements to enter … [Read more...] about ARTICLES OF PARTNERSHIP

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