The Companies Acts Of 1874 And 1888

Excerpt from The Companies Acts of 1874 and 1888, Rules and Forms: Together With the No-Liability Mining Companies Act, and Other Acts Relating to Companies, With Notes, References to English Acts, and to Decided Cases; To Which Are Added Chapters on Formation of a Company, and on the Practice in Winding-Up and Reduction The above short sketch of the scope of this work will show that we have not attempted to provide a substitute for any of the recognised English books dealing with the same subject. The admirable works of Buckley, Lindley, Palmer, and other writers have been freely used and referred to; and our intention is merely to supply a more ready reference from our own Acts to those great authorities. In particular, under many sections of the Companies Acts, reference has been made to the fifth edition of Buckley's work on the English Companies Acts and the notes therein contained on the corresponding sections of the English Acts. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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