Certificate of incorporation
A certificate of incorporation is a legal document/license relating to the formation of a
Commonwealth systems
In the U.S. a certificate of incorporation is usually used as an alternative description of a corporation's
In other common law legal systems, the certificate of incorporation has less legal significance. However, it has been held by the House of Lords in Cotman v Brougham (1918), AC 514, that because the issue of the certificate of incorporation is conclusive evidence of the formation of a company, the issuance of the certificate overrides any irregularities which may have occurred during the formation of the company.[2]
References
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