corporation law
- noun
- /ˌkɔːrpəˈreɪʃən lɔː/
- Specialized
:
derecho corporativo
- The company's growth was influenced by Delaware's favorable corporation law that attracts many new businesses.
Examples
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These units were generally chartered under state corporation laws rather than under state banking or trust company laws.
Academic text (1998) -
Among the states, Delaware enjoys the largest body of settled corporation law, and incorporation there can reduce businesses' legal uncertainties and thus reduce anticipated costs.
Academic text (1997) -
In principle, governments could act to change the types of organizations involved in the marketing of tobacco, but this would be difficult because it involves rules that are in the domain of higher-order systems (e.g., those associated with corporations law).
Academic text (2010) -
Dramas that would determine the futures of enterprises throughout the nation were often scripted for courts in Delaware because attractive corporation law had made that state the legal home to scores of companies someone else suddenly wanted to own.
Academic text (1998) -
During the 1920s, Antonio Sedillo, Mauricio Miera, and Severino Trujillo called for the adoption of taxation and corporation laws long obstructed by conservatives.
Academic text (2001) -
Understanding corporation law is essential for anyone wanting to start a business and ensure compliance with regulations.
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The lawyer specialized in corporation law and provided advice on the best structure for the new startup.
Synonyms
5
3.9
Rules about how companies are formed, run, and controlled
How Specialized
- Formal
1
4.6
- Specialized
3
6.0
- Specialized
- Specialized
1
3.8
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the area of law dealing with corporations' is directly and compositionally derived from 'corporation' (a legal business entity) + 'law' (the field or rules governing behavior). The noun-noun/nominal modification pattern 'X law' (e.g., family law, criminal law) is a regular, cross-linguistic pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both words should be able to infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The phrase corporation law may come from an old idea that corporation meant a single 'body' made of many people, like a team acting as one. That's why corporation law means the law about companies, the 'rules' for how they are formed, run, and closed.