Commercial _I. Business Organizations _B. Corporations Flashcards
PART ONE: COMMERCIAL LAW
I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Definition of Corporation
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Classes of Corporations
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Nationality of Corporations
a) Control Test
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B. Corporations
- Nationality of Corporations
b) Grandfather Rule
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Corporate Juridical Entity
a) Doctrine of Separate Juridical Personality
b) Doctrine of Piercing the Corporate Veil
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Corporate Juridical Entity
a) Doctrine of Separate Juridical Personality
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Corporate Juridical Entity
b) Doctrine of Piercing the Corporate Veil
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Capital Structure
a) Number and Qualifications of Incorporators
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Capital Structure
b) Subscription Requirements
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Capital Structure
c) Corporate Term
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Capital Structure
d) Classification of Shares
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Incorporation and Organization
a) Promoter
(1) Liability of Promoter
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Incorporation and Organization
a) Promoter
(2) Liability of Corporation for Promoter’s Contracts
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Incorporation and Organization
b) Subscription Contract
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Incorporation and Organization
c) Pre-Incorporation Subscription Agreements
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Incorporation and Organization
d) Consideration for Stocks
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Incorporation and Organization
e) Articles of Incorporation
(1) Contents
(2) Non-Amendable Items
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Incorporation and Organization
f) Corporate Name and Limitations on its Use
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Incorporation and Organization
g) Registration, Incorporation, and Commencement of Corporate Existence
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Incorporation and Organization
h) Election of Directors or Trustees
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Incorporation and Organization
j) Effects of Non-Use of Corporate Charter
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Corporate Powers
a) General Powers; Theory of General Capacity
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Corporate Powers
b) Specific Powers; Theory of Specific Capacity
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Corporate Powers
c) Power to Extend or Shorten Corporate Term
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Corporate Powers
d) Power to Increase or Decrease Capital Stock or Incur, Create, Increase
Bonded Indebtedness
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Corporate Powers
e) Power to Deny Pre-Emptive Rights
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Corporate Powers
f) Power to Sell or Dispose Corporate Assets
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Corporate Powers
g) Power to Acquire Own Shares
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Corporate Powers
h) Power to Invest Corporate Funds in Another Corporation or Business
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Corporate Powers
i) Power to Declare Dividends
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Corporate Powers
j) Power to Enter into Management Contract
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Corporate Powers
k) Doctrine of Individuality of Subscription
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Corporate Powers
l) Doctrine of Equality of Shares
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Corporate Powers
m) Ultra Vires Doctrine
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Corporate Powers
n) Trust Fund Doctrine
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Stockholders and Members
a) Fundamental Rights of a Stockholder
b) Participation in Management
c) Proprietary Rights
d) Remedial Rights
e) Obligations of a Stockholder
f) Meetings
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Stockholders and Members
a) Fundamental Rights of a Stockholder
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Stockholders and Members
b) Participation in Management (1) Proxy (2) Voting Trust (3) Cases When Stockholders’ Action is Required (4) Manner of Voting
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B. Corporations
- Stockholders and Members
c) Proprietary Rights (1) Rights to Dividends (2) Appraisal Right (3) Right to Inspect (4) Preemptive Right (5) Right to Vote (6) Right to Dividends
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Stockholders and Members
d) Remedial Rights (1) Individual Suit (2) Representative Suit (3) Derivative Suit
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Stockholders and Members
e) Obligations of a Stockholder
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Board or Directors and Trustees
a) Repository of Corporate Powers
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Board or Directors and Trustees
b) Tenure, Qualifications, and Disqualifications of Directors
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Board or Directors and Trustees
c) Requirement of Independent Directors
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Board or Directors and Trustees
d) Elections
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Board or Directors and Trustees
e) Removal
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Board or Directors and Trustees
f) Filling of Vacancies
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Board or Directors and Trustees
g) Compensation
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Board or Directors and Trustees
h) Disloyalty
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Board or Directors and Trustees
i) Business Judgment Rule
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Board or Directors and Trustees
j) Solidary Liabilities for Damages
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Board or Directors and Trustees
k) Personal Liabilities
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Board or Directors and Trustees
l) Responsibility for Crimes
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Board or Directors and Trustees
m) Special Fact Doctrine
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Board or Directors and Trustees
n) Inside Information
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Board or Directors and Trustees
o) Contracts
(1) By Self-Dealing Directors With the Corporation
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B. Corporations
- Board or Directors and Trustees
o) Contracts
(2) Between Corporations With Interlocking Directors
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Capital Affairs
a) Certificate of Stock
(1) Nature of the Certificate
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Capital Affairs
a) Certificate of Stock
(2) Uncertificated Shares
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Capital Affairs
a) Certificate of Stock
(3) Negotiability; Requirements for Valid Transfer of Stocks
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Capital Affairs
a) Certificate of Stock
(4) Issuance
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Capital Affairs
a) Certificate of Stock
(5) Stock and Transfer Book
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Capital Affairs
a) Certificate of Stock
(6) Situs of the Shares of Stock
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Capital Affairs
b) Watered Stocks
(1) Definition
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Capital Affairs
b) Watered Stocks
(2) Liability of Directors for Watered Stocks
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Capital Affairs
b) Watered Stocks
(3) Trust Fund Doctrine for Liability for Watered Stocks
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Capital Affairs
c) Payment of Balance of Subscription
(1) Call by Board of Directors
(2) Notice Requirement
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Capital Affairs
e) Alienation of Shares
(1) Allowable Restrictions on the Sale of Shares
(2) Requisites of a Valid Transfer
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Capital Affairs
d) Sale of Delinquent Shares
(1) Effect of Delinquency
(2) Call by Resolution of the Board of Directors
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Capital Affairs
f) Corporate Books and Records
(1) Right to Inspect Corporate Records
(2) Effect of Refusal to Inspect Corporate Records
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Dissolution and Liquidation
a) Modes of Dissolution
(1) Voluntary Dissolution
(2) Involuntary Dissolution
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Dissolution and Liquidation
b) Methods of Liquidation
(1) By the Corporation Itself
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Dissolution and Liquidation
b) Methods of Liquidation
(2) Conveyance to a Trustee Within a Three-Year Period
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Dissolution and Liquidation
b) Methods of Liquidation(3) By Management Committee or Rehabilitation Receiver
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Dissolution and Liquidation
b) Methods of Liquidation(4) Liquidation after Three Years
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Other Corporations
a) Close Corporations
(1) Characteristics
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Other Corporations
a) Close Corporations
(2) Validity of Restrictions on Transfer of Shares
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Other Corporations
a) Close Corporations
(3) Preemptive Right
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Other Corporations
a) Close Corporations
(4) Amendment of Articles of Incorporation
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Other Corporations
b) Non-Stock Corporations
(1) Definition
(2) Treatment of Profits
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Other Corporations
c) Educational Corporations
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Other Corporations
d) Religious Corporations
(1) Corporation Sole
(2) Religious Societies
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Other Corporations
e) One Person Corporations
(1) Excepted Corporations
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Other Corporations
e) One Person Corporations
(2) Capital Stock Requirement
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Other Corporations
e) One Person Corporations
(3) Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Other Corporations
e) One Person Corporations
(4) Corporate Name
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Other Corporations
e) One Person Corporations
(5) Corporate Structure and Officers
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Other Corporations
e) One Person Corporations
(6) Nominee
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Other Corporations
e) One Person Corporations
(7) Liability
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Other Corporations
e) One Person Corporations
(8) Conversion of Corporation to One Person Corporations and Vice-Versa
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Other Corporations
f) Foreign Corporations
(1) Bases of Authority Over Foreign Corporations
(a) Consent
(b) Doctrine of “Doing Business”
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Other Corporations
f) Foreign Corporations
(2) Necessity of a License to Do Business
(a) Resident Agent
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Other Corporations
f) Foreign Corporations
(3) Personality to Sue
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Other Corporations
f) Foreign Corporations
(4) Suability of Foreign Corporations
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Other Corporations
f) Foreign Corporations
(5) Instances When Unlicensed Foreign Corporations May be Allowed to Sue (Isolated Transactions)
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Other Corporations
f) Foreign Corporations
(6) Grounds for Revocation of License
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Merger and Consolidation
a) Concept
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Merger and Consolidation
b) Constituent Corporation vs. Consolidated Corporation
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Merger and Consolidation
c) Plan of Merger or Consolidation
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Merger and Consolidation
d) Articles of Merger or Consolidation
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I. Business Organizations
B. Corporations
- Merger and Consolidation
e) Effects