dividend

dividend
A gain or profit. Hellmich v Hellman (CA8 Me) 18 F2d 239. A division into shares; one of such shares. A payment made by a corporation to its stockholders out of surplus earnings and under authority of a resolution by the board of directors which declares the policy of a paying a portion or all of such surplus to the stockholders. Lamb v Lehmann, 110 Ohio St 59, 143 NE 276, 42 ALR 437. A disbursement by a business trust to its members. A payment made to general creditors in a proceeding in bankruptcy; sometimes used in a broader significance as including a payment made in satisfaction of priority debts. 9 Am J2d Bankr § 1262. A payment made to creditors in insolvency proceedings. Used in the limitation of a life estate and a remainder in connection with a provision for the disposition of extraordinary dividends and distributions as between life tenant and remainder, the term "dividend" is equivalent to "income." 33 Am J1st Life Est § 378. See cash dividend; cumulative dividends; dividend additions; dividend in scrip; dividend on insurance policy; dividend warrant; guaranteed dividends; non-cumulative dividends; stock dividend.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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