Company: Difference between revisions

In the [[United States]], a company is not necessarily a corporation. For example, a company may be a "[[corporation]], [[partnership]], association, [[joint-stock company]], [[Investment trust|trust]], [[Mutual fund|fund]], or organized group of [[person]]s, whether incorporated or not, and (in an official capacity) any receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, or similar official, or liquidating [[Law of agency|agent]], for any of the foregoing".<ref>{{cite book | year = 1891 | chapter = company | editor1-last = Garner | editor1-first = Bryan A. | editor1-link = Bryan A. Garner | title = Black's Law Dictionary | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=sgNfDwAAQBAJ | series = Black's Law, 9th Edition | volume = 1 | edition = 9 | location = St. Paul, Minnesota | publisher = West Publishing, Inc | publication-date = 2009 | page = 318 | isbn = 9780314199492 | access-date = 20 Apr 2019 | quote = "2. A corporation, partnership, association, joint-stock company, trust, fund, or organized group of persons, whether incorporated or not, and (in an official capacity) any receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, or similar official, or liquidating [[Law of agency|agent]], for any of the foregoing. Investment Company Act 2(a)(8)(15 USCA 80a-2(a)(8))." }}{{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name="Black's">Black's Law and lee Dictionary. Second Pocket Edition. Bryan A. Garner, editor. West. 2001.</ref>