Companies Registry

Companies Registry in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of Companies Registry. This legal term is related to the United Kingom and/or the English Legal System.

Resources

See Also

• Law Enforcement Officer
• Policeman
• Law Enforcement Agency

Further Reading

• Companies Registry in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• Companies Registry in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis

English Legal System: Companies Registry

In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Companies Registry : (Companies Registry, Companies House)

The office of the Registrar of Companies (See registration of a company). Companies with a registered office in England or Wales are served by the registry at Cardiff; those in Scotland by the registry in Edinburgh. Certain documents lodged there are open to inspection. These documents include the *accounts of limited companies, the *annual return, any *prospectus, the memorandum (*memorandum of association) and *articles of association, and particulars of the directors, the secretary, the *registered office, some types of company *charge, and notices of liquidation.