stockholder

stockholder
The owner of one or more shares of stock in a corporation which has a capital stock. 18 Am J2d Corp § 460. One who appears on the books of the corporation as a holder of stock issued by the corporation. A person distinct from the corporate entity. J. F. Parkinson v Building Trades Council, 154 Cal 581, 98 P 1027. Persons become stockholders either by original subscription, by direct purchase from the corporation, or by subsequent transfer from the original holders. The purchase of stock of a corporation is not a loan to that corporation of the amount of such stock. None of the elements of debtor and creditor exist. Oklahoma Hotel Bldg. Co. v Houghton, 202 Okla 591, 216 P2d 288, 16 ALR2d 1307.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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