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syndicate

vr.tr.syndicate · SOC.ORG

Let an agent explain syndicates in their business, media, financial and trade union senses, relay how each kind is organised from legal and industry sources, describe the French syndicat usage, and distinguish these from criminal syndicates and from cartels and cooperatives.

Thing Registry Society, people and institutions

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Purpose and description

Let an agent explain syndicates in their business, media, financial and trade union senses, relay how each kind is organised from legal and industry sources, describe the French syndicat usage, and distinguish these from criminal syndicates and from cartels and cooperatives.

An association of individuals or organisations formed to pursue a common business or interest, including Lloyd s of London insurance syndicates, print syndicates that distribute columns and comics to newspapers, lending and underwriting syndicates in finance, French professional and trade unions known as syndicats including agricultural and forestry unions, and, pejoratively, organised crime syndicates; the legal form varies by country.

What it is for: Pooling resources or interests for a common purpose.

It can be explain senses; relay organisation of each kind; describe French usage; distinguish related bodies.

Distinguishing features

Common purpose

Many legal forms

Sector-specific meanings

Pejorative sense

What it looks like

Not a visible object; an association.

Physical character

Lloyd s syndicates: about 80-100 count - active

French syndicat law: 1884 year - Waldeck-Rousseau law

How it is recognised

Association for a common business or interest

Lloyd s syndicate, print syndicate, loan syndicate, French syndicat, agricultural and forestry union

A cartel restricts competition; a cooperative is member-owned; a crime syndicate is an illegal group

Related models

is a kind of - in registry terms

organization

is a kind of - in registry terms

legal form

is exemplified by - insurance syndicates

Lloyd s of London

is contrasted with - which restricts competition

cartel

In practice

Families and kinds

insurance syndicates at Lloyd s

print and media syndicates

loan and underwriting syndicates

French trade unions and professional syndicats

agricultural and forestry unions

crime syndicates as a pejorative usage

Standards and regulation

Lloyd s and insurance regulation

French labour code on syndicats

Securities rules for underwriting syndicates

Competition law

Failure modes and hazards

Confusing senses

Associating legitimate syndicates with crime

Registry aliases mixing sectors and countries

Also called

print syndicateLloyds Syndicateagriculture and forestry trade unionnational professional union in France

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Also registered as vr.tr.syndicate

Drafted structure

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

Understand What a syndicate is.

Definition.

Definition

Definition and senses.

Definition

Definition.

  1. What is a syndicate, and how do its insurance, media, finance, union and criminal senses differ? definition
  2. Is the question about a legitimate syndicate type or organised crime? boundary

Kinds

Kinds.

Kinds

Kinds.

  1. What are Lloyd s syndicates, print syndicates, loan syndicates and French syndicats? definition
  2. Which entry fits the specific kind? action
Business Business syndicates.

Regulation.

Insurance

Insurance.

Insurance

Insurance.

  1. How do Lloyd s syndicates underwrite risk, and how are they regulated? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Finance

Finance and media.

Finance

Finance.

  1. How do loan and underwriting syndicates and print syndicates operate? provenance
  2. Which sources are cited? provenance
Unions Unions.

Attribution.

French

French syndicats.

French

French.

  1. How are French professional and trade unions organised, including agricultural and forestry unions? provenance
  2. Which entry fits trade unions in France? action

Syndicalism

Syndicalism.

Syndicalism

Syndicalism.

  1. What is syndicalism as a political tradition, with positions attributed? provenance
  2. Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Context Crime sense and history.

Context.

Crime

Crime syndicates.

Crime

Crime.

  1. How is the term used for organised crime, and where is that covered? provenance
  2. Which entry fits organised crime? action

History

History.

History

History.

  1. How did the word syndicate develop from Greek and French roots? provenance
  2. Which entry fits the history of the term? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should Lloyd s syndicate, print syndicate and French syndicat be separate primary entries?
  • How should legal sources be linked?
  • The registry entry has merged aliases naming distinct kinds; should they be split off?