articles of incorporation
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- noun
- /ˈɑrtɪkəlz əv ˌɪnkɔːrpəˈreɪʃən/
- Formal
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estatutos de constitución
- The company's articles of incorporation specify the roles and responsibilities of its board members.
- file articles of incorporation
Examples
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Articles of incorporation for a new Act 196 transit authority, called The Washtenaw Ride, were filed with the state last week, on Oct. 3, 2012.
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We just need to see the partnership agreements and the original articles of incorporation.
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The articles of incorporation lay out the initial board composition and how board members are to be selected.
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We also found the articles of incorporation which is public and it has Thunder Labs LLC.
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AATA staff endured many sessions before the Ann Arbor City Council and the Board of Commissioners, and finally got their Articles of Incorporation approved.
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The Cleveland Museum of Art's articles of incorporation outline a museum that will "provide instruction and maintain courses of lectures upon art" and that would serve "the best interests of mechanics, manufacturers, and artisans."
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Through the articles of incorporation and the stipulations of the FSA loan, they worked the land independent of the larger Pembroke Farms and direct federal inclusion, and were left to engage in any activities that they saw fit in the operation of their farms.
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Seven months later, in December 1839, eighty-five charter members petitioned the Georgia General Assembly for articles of incorporation, forging a private-public partnership with the State of Georgia that continues to this day.
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The lawyers reviewed the articles of incorporation to ensure all necessary information was included.
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Before opening the business, we had to file our articles of incorporation with the state government.
Synonyms
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An official document that creates an organization and sets its rights and purpose
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An official paper from the government that shows a company is legally formed
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
article + of + incorporation
The meaning 'a legal document establishing a corporation' is directly built from 'articles' (numbered sections or clauses) combined with 'of incorporation' (relating to the process of forming a corporation), so the overall sense follows straightforward compositional logic. Although it is a domain-specific legal term, the noun + of + noun structure is transparent and cross-linguistically familiar, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents should be able to infer the meaning.
Etymology
Articles of incorporation comes from a simple image: articles are the written rules or papers, and incorporation means giving a company its own legal 'body' or life. So these are the papers that officially 'create' a company and set its basic rules.