Quasi Corporations in United States
Quasi Corporations Definition
A term applied to those bodies which, though not vested with the general powers of corporations, are yet recognized by statutes or immemorial usage as persons or corporations aggregate, with power to sue and be sued in their aggregate capacity. 2 Kent, Comm. 274; 9 Mass. 247; 1 Me. 361. A body having capacity to make contracts in respect to county affairs, and having perpetual succession, is a quasi corporation (2 Wall. [U. S.] 501), e. g., the overseers of the poor (18 Johns. [N. Y.] 407).
Quasi Corporations in Foreign Legal Encyclopedias
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| Quasi Corporations | Quasi Corporations in the World Legal Encyclopedia. |
| Quasi Corporations | Quasi Corporations in the European Legal Encyclopedia. |
| Quasi Corporations | Quasi Corporations in the Asian Legal Encyclopedia. |
| Quasi Corporations | Quasi Corporations in the UK Legal Encyclopedia. |
| Quasi Corporations | Quasi Corporations in the Australian Legal Encyclopedia. |
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| Quasi Corporations | Quasi Corporations in the Family Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Quasi Corporations | Quasi Corporations in the IP Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Quasi Corporations | Quasi Corporations in the Commercial Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Quasi Corporations | Quasi Corporations in the Criminal Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Quasi Corporations | Quasi Corporations in the Antritrust Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Quasi Corporations | Quasi Corporations in the Bankruptcy Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Quasi Corporations | Quasi Corporations in the Constitutional Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Quasi Corporations | Quasi Corporations in the Tax Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Quasi Corporations | Quasi Corporations in the and Finance and Banking Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Quasi Corporations | Quasi Corporations in the Employment and Labor Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Quasi Corporations | Quasi Corporations in the Personal Injury and Tort Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Quasi Corporations | Quasi Corporations in the Environmental Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
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Legal Issue for Attorneys
A term applied to those bodies which, though not vested with the general powers of corporations, are yet recognized by statutes or immemorial usage as persons or corporations aggregate, with power to sue and be sued in their aggregate capacity. 2 Kent, Comm. 274; 9 Mass. 247; 1 Me. 361. A body having capacity to make contracts in respect to county affairs, and having perpetual succession, is a quasi corporation (2 Wall. [U. S.] 501), e. g., the overseers of the poor (18 Johns. [N. Y.] 407).
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This definition of Quasi Corporations is based on The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary. This entry needs to be proofread.
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