COMPANIES, Ch. XVI., pp, 363 et seq. "company," what is, 263 how it differs from ordinary partnership, 263, 270 unincorporated, 264, 269, 288 liability of members of, 264 whether illegal, 264 incorporated, 265, 270 at common law, 265 under letters patent, 265, 270, 271 early company Acts, 266 Joint Stock Companies Acts, 267, 286, 287 remedy of creditors under, 266 under Companies Act, 1862-under Companies Clauses Act, 267 alteration, increase, or reduction of, 282, 285 shares, 267, 268, 269, 280 et seq. underwriting, 268 contract to take from company, 268 to purchase from holder, 268 calls on, 268, 283 distinguished from stock, 269 qualification, 273, 291 scrip, 269 management of, 269 directors, 269, 274, 280, 281, 294 cost book, 270 Stannaries Court, 271 transfer of shares in, 271 calls, 271 under special Acts and Companies Clauses Acts, 272 et seq. register of shareholders, 272 transfer of shares, 273 trusts, 274 may issue shares at discount, 274 remedy of creditors of, 274 winding-up of, 286 et seq. Companies Acts, 1862-1900..274 who and what must register under, 275 members of company under, 291 companies to which they apply, 276 memorandum of association, 276, 278 modification of, 279, 280 under Memorandum of Association Act, 1890..276, n. (6) articles of association, 278 relation of, to memorandum, 278, 279 alteration of, 279 registration, 276, 277 certificate of, 277 COMPANIES-continued. Companies Acts, 1862-1900-continued. registration-continued. one man company, 277 of trusts, 286 liability of members, 277 limited and unlimited companies, 277 companies not formed for gain, 278 company may not carry on business when less than 7 members, resolutions, ordinary, special, extraordinary, 279, 282, 283, 285 ultra vires, acts of, 280 shareholders' actions against directors, 281 COMPANIES CLAUSES CONSOLIDATION ACT, 1845, objects and provisions of, 267, 272 COMPOSITION OR ARRANGEMENT. See BANKRUPTCY. CONTRACT OF SALE OF GOODS-continued. condition precedent in, 66, 67 goods must answer description, 66, 67 where performance of condition becomes impossible, 67 warranty collateral, 67 when implied of quality of goods, 66 of title to goods, 68 on sale by sheriff or pawnbroker, 68 effect of transfer of document of title, 64 COPYRIGIIT-continued. in engravings, etchings, prints, and lithographs, 253, 254 in paintings, drawings, and photographs, 255, 256 proprietor of, 257 registration, 261 at exhibitions, 258 duration of, 259 register, 259 piracy, 260 International and Colonial, 260-262 CORPORATIONS, 263, 265. See COMPANIES. nature of, 263 remedy of creditors of, 263 loans to, 295, 302 executions against, 305, 315 when capable of being parties to bills of exchange, 176 |