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Research draft

corporation

vr.tr.corporation · SOC.ORG

Let an agent explain corporations as legal persons across business and public sectors, find official registers and governance information, and avoid legal or investment advice.

Thing Registry Society, people and institutions

Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent explain corporations as legal persons across business and public sectors, find official registers and governance information, and avoid legal or investment advice.

A legal entity, or juridical person, distinct from its members, able to own property, make contracts and sue or be sued, including business corporations, municipal corporations and other local authorities, public corporations, non-profit corporations and statutory bodies.

What it is for: Organising collective activity with legal personality.

It can be identify the type of corporation; find official registration and governance information; understand legal personality and liability; find how local authority corporations work.

Distinguishing features

Separate legal personality

Perpetual succession

Can own property and contract

Created by law or registration

What it looks like

Not physical; recorded in charters, statutes, registers and filings.

How it is recognised

Incorporation documents and registers

Municipal corporations and authorities

Unincorporated associations lack separate personality

Related models

is a kind of - category

juridical person

includes - business form

joint-stock company

includes - public form

local authority

is governed by - law

corporate law

In practice

Families and kinds

business corporations

municipal corporations and local authorities

public corporations

non-profit corporations

statutory and chartered bodies

Identifiers

Legal Entity Identifier LEI global entity identifier

Standards and regulation

Company and corporate law

Local government law

Charity and non-profit law

Failure modes and hazards

Confusing corporation types

Outdated register information

Agents giving legal or investment advice

Also called

Individual Industrial and Commercial Householdsrural community of Senegallocal authoritycombined county authoritystrategic authorityRegions of IraqTehsil Municipal Administrationarea committeemetropolitan community of Quebecpublic body of Italypublic-law institutionfor-profit corporationmayoral development corporationinstitutions of constitutional importanceFriendly Societykosher certification agencyincorporated associationgeneral incorporated associationincorporated foundationstatutory corporationBundesanstalt öffentlichen RechtsAnstalt des öffentlichen Rechtsmunicipality of Chilepublic service companybusiness corporationFor-Profit CorporationFor-Profit Corporation General StockDomestic Profit CorporationMiddle market enterpriseassociation of legal entitiesPrincipal Australian Government Body - Commonwealth Companyspecial public interest promotion corporationAuthorized CorporationOregon corporationInternational Business Corporationwater management companyprivate law corporationKapitaalvennootschapS corporationSwedish House of Nobility

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Type Which corporation.

Types differ.

Identify

Kind.

Identify

Corporation type.

  1. Is this a business, municipal, public or non-profit corporation? definition
  2. Under which law was it created? provenance

Personality

Legal personality.

Personality

Legal personality.

  1. What does separate legal personality mean for liability and property? definition
  2. When can the veil be pierced, in general terms? provenance
Records Official information.

Registers show facts.

Register

Registration.

Register

Registration.

  1. Where can this corporation registration and filings be checked? provenance
  2. Is it active? provenance

Governance

Board and officers.

Governance

Governance.

  1. Who governs the corporation, according to official records? provenance
  2. Which governance code applies? provenance
Public Public corporations.

Public bodies serve residents.

Local

Municipal corporations.

Local

Municipal corporations.

  1. What powers does this municipal corporation or authority have? provenance
  2. How can residents contact it? action

Accountability

Oversight.

Accountability

Accountability.

  1. Which bodies oversee this public corporation? provenance
  2. How can information be requested? action
Limits Agent conduct.

No legal or investment advice.

Advice

Legal advice.

Advice

Advice limits.

  1. Is the user seeking legal or investment advice about a corporation? boundary
  2. Where can qualified advice be found? provenance

Scams

Fake entities.

Scams

Fake entities.

  1. Is this a real registered corporation or an impersonation? boundary
  2. How can it be verified? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should corporation types be separate entries?
  • How should registers be linked?
  • How should public corporations be modelled?
Draft as JSON