Legal Definition and Related Resources of Business corporation
Meaning of Business corporation
A stock corporation other than insurance, banking, and transportation corporations. Gen. Corp. Law N. Y. § 2.
What does Business Corporation mean in American Law?
The definition of Business Corporation in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is:
The ordinary garden-variety corporation, formed under a state”s general corporation law for some profit-making purpose, e.g., manufacturing or selling; to be distinguished from charitable, non-profit, municipal, etc. corporations, which usually are governed by specially drafted corporation laws: Not all profit-making corporations, however, are under general corporation laws; banks, e.g., and public utilities often have special statutes too.
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