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SUPERINTEND [2 records]

Record 1 2002-07-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial and Other Bodies (Law)
DEF

A person elected by the shareholders or otherwise appointed to superintend the management of a company's affairs. The directors are the agents of the company, and it is bound by all acts done by them within the scope of their authority. Not to be confused with "Directeur"...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes commerciaux ou non (Droit)
DEF

Personne élue par les actionnaires qui gère les affaires d'une société en tant que membre du conseil d'administration.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos comerciales y otros (Derecho)
DEF

Miembro o vocal de un consejo administrativo.

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Record 2 1993-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation (General)
DEF

To plan and direct skillfully; superintend; guide(a measure, action, etc. through).

CONT

to the promoters who engineered this little monopolistic merger.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction (Généralités)
CONT

[...] aux promoteurs qui ont mis sur pied cette petite fusion monopolistique.

Spanish

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