Open Corporation in United States

Open Corporation Definition

One in which all members have a vote to choose officers, as distinguished from a “close corporation,” wherein the officers fill vacancies. 3 Bland, Ch. (Md.) 416, note. The latter term in common use means that all stock is closely held, usually by a few persons, so that no one else can, by purchase of shares, obtain a voice in the policy of the corporation.

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One in which all members have a vote to choose officers, as distinguished from a “close corporation,” wherein the officers fill vacancies. 3 Bland, Ch. (Md.) 416, note. The latter term in common use means that all stock is closely held, usually by a few persons, so that no one else can, by purchase of shares, obtain a voice in the policy of the corporation.

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