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QUASI CORPORATION [2 records]

Record 1 2017-03-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Municipal Law
OBS

quasi public corporation: a term also applied to corporations of that class sometimes called "quasi municipal corporations," such as school districts, irrigation districts, township, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit municipal
DEF

Secteur géographique non constitué en société désigné par une administration publique comme administration publique locale, tel un district de services locaux, un district d'amélioration ou un autre secteur spécial, et dont le pouvoir est fondé sur une loi fédérale ou provinciale.

CONT

Les quasi-municipalités assurent des services limités comme l'approvisionnement en eau, les réseaux d'égout, les services d'incendie, la collecte et l'élimination des déchets, l'entretien des routes et le déneigement.

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-06-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial and Other Bodies (Law)
  • Foreign Trade
  • Commercial Law
  • National Accounting
DEF

A business which has operated as a corporation without completing the legal requirements, often in the period just before formal incorporation.

OBS

There are some aggregate bodies which are not complete corporations, and are therefore sometimes called quasi-corporations; such are churchwardens ... and trade unions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes commerciaux ou non (Droit)
  • Commerce extérieur
  • Droit commercial
  • Comptabilité nationale
CONT

Le nouveau système de comptabilité nationale distingue les sociétés et quasi-sociétés [...]

OBS

Une quasi-société (QS) possède une personnalité morale mais pas de personnalité juridique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos comerciales y otros (Derecho)
  • Comercio exterior
  • Derecho mercantil
  • Contabilidad nacional
PHR

cuasisociedad pública.

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