Company (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Company" in English language version.

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"BBC Bitesize - GCSE Business - Forms of business ownership - Revision 3". BBC Bitesize. Archived from the original on September 1, 2018. Retrieved August 31, 2018.

Compare a definition of a corporation: "Perhaps the best definition of a corporation was given by Chief Justice John Marshall in a famous Supreme Court decision in 1819. A corporation, he said, 'is an artificial person, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of the law.' In other words, a corporation [...] is an artificial person, created by law, with most of the legal rights of a real person." Pride, William M.; Hughes, Robert J.; Kapoor, Jack R. (1985). "4: Choosing a form of business ownership". Business. CengageNOW Series (10 ed.). Mason, Ohio: Cengage Learning (published 2009). p. 116. ISBN 9780324829556. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
Garner, Bryan A., ed. (1891). "company". Black's Law Dictionary. Black's Law, 9th Edition. Vol. 1 (9 ed.). St. Paul, Minnesota: West Publishing, Inc (published 2009). p. 318. ISBN 9780314199492. Retrieved April 20, 2019. 2. A corporation, partnership, association, joint-stock company, trust, fund, or organized group of persons, whether incorporated or not, and (in an official capacity) any receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, or similar official, or liquidating agent, for any of the foregoing. Investment Company Act 2(a)(8)(15 USCA 80a-2(a)(8)). {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)^{[permanent dead link]}

12th century: Harper, Douglas. "company". Online Etymology Dictionary.
Compare: Harper, Douglas. "company". Online Etymology Dictionary. - '[...] the word having been used in reference to trade guilds from late 14c.'
Compare: Harper, Douglas. "company". Online Etymology Dictionary. - 'From late 14c. as "a number of persons united to perform or carry out anything jointly," which developed a commercial sense of "business association" by 1550s, the word having been used in reference to trade guilds from late 14c.'
Compare: Harper, Douglas. "co". Online Etymology Dictionary. - 'by 1670's as an abbreviation of company in the business sense, indicating the partners in the firm whose names do not appear in its name. Hence and co. to indicate "the rest" of any group (1757)'.

root. "Limited Liability Company (LLC) Definition - Investopedia". Investopedia. Archived from the original on November 27, 2012. Retrieved November 14, 2012.

"Companies Act 2006". www.legislation.gov.uk. Archived from the original on April 10, 2015. Retrieved March 15, 2020.

Compare: "co". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.) - "1759 Compl. Let.-writer (ed. 6) London: Printed for Stanley Crowder, and Co."

"Companies Act 2006". www.legislation.gov.uk. Archived from the original on April 10, 2015. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
root. "Limited Liability Company (LLC) Definition - Investopedia". Investopedia. Archived from the original on November 27, 2012. Retrieved November 14, 2012.
"BBC Bitesize - GCSE Business - Forms of business ownership - Revision 3". BBC Bitesize. Archived from the original on September 1, 2018. Retrieved August 31, 2018.