- de facto municipal corporation
- See municipal corporation de facto.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
de facto municipal corporation
Look at other dictionaries:
municipal corporation proper — A conventional municipal corporation as distinguished from a municipal corporation de facto or a quasi municipal corporation … Ballentine's law dictionary
municipal corporation de facto — The kind of municipal corporation which results when the people of a city, town or village have attempted to incorporate themselves under a statute which authorized such action, and have actually used and exercised the franchise of a municipal… … Ballentine's law dictionary
corporation — cor·po·ra·tion /ˌkȯr pə rā shən/ n [Late Latin corporatio, from Latin corporare to form into a body, from corpor corpus body]: an invisible, intangible, artificial creation of the law existing as a voluntary chartered association of individuals… … Law dictionary
municipal — In narrower, more common, sense, it means pertaining to a local governmental unit, commonly, a city or town or other governmental unit. In its broader sense, it means pertaining to the public or governmental affairs of a state or nation or of a… … Black's law dictionary
municipal — In narrower, more common, sense, it means pertaining to a local governmental unit, commonly, a city or town or other governmental unit. In its broader sense, it means pertaining to the public or governmental affairs of a state or nation or of a… … Black's law dictionary
corporation — An artificial person or legal entity created by or under the authority of the laws of a state. An association of persons created by statute as a legal entity. The law treats the corporation itself as a person which can sue and be sued. The… … Black's law dictionary
corporation — An artificial person or legal entity created by or under the authority of the laws of a state. An association of persons created by statute as a legal entity. The law treats the corporation itself as a person which can sue and be sued. The… … Black's law dictionary
corporation — An artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law; an association of persons to whom the sovereign has offered a franchise to become an artificial juridical person, with a name of its own, under which they can… … Ballentine's law dictionary
Corporation — • An association recognized by civil law and regarded in all ordinary transactions as an individual. An artificial person Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Corporation Corporation … Catholic encyclopedia
annexation de facto — An annexation of territory to a municipal corporation under proceedings which are defective as distinguished from wholly unauthorized. 37 Am J1st Mun Corp § 32. Even an unauthorized annexation, as one under an unconstitutional statute, may by… … Ballentine's law dictionary
