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* [[Articles of incorporation]] | * [[Articles of incorporation]] | ||
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* [[Companies House]] | |||
* [[Companies registry]] | * [[Companies registry]] | ||
* [[Company]] | * [[Company]] | ||
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* [[Legal personality]] | * [[Legal personality]] | ||
* [[Limited liability]] | * [[Limited liability]] | ||
* [[Limited liability partnership]] | |||
* [[Partnership]] | * [[Partnership]] | ||
* [[Registration]] | |||
* [[Shelf company]] | * [[Shelf company]] | ||
* [[Sole trader]] | * [[Sole trader]] | ||
Latest revision as of 20:46, 10 July 2022
1. Law.
Most commonly, the formation of a company.
More broadly, the formation of any entity that has a separate legal personality from its members, for example, a limited liability partnership.
Most companies are incorporated by registration at the companies registry, for example Companies House.
2.
The transfer of an existing (unincorporated) business into a company structure.
3.
Taking anything into something larger.
See also
- Articles of incorporation
- Certificate of incorporation
- Companies House
- Companies registry
- Company
- Corporation
- Corporation Tax
- Dissolution
- Legal personality
- Limited liability
- Limited liability partnership
- Partnership
- Registration
- Shelf company
- Sole trader
- Statutory company
- Unincorporated
- Veil of incorporation
