public corporation — Public and private corporations. A public corporation is one created by the state for political purposes and to act as an agency in the administration of civil government, generally within a particular territory or subdivision of the state, and… … Black's law dictionary
public corporation — Public and private corporations. A public corporation is one created by the state for political purposes and to act as an agency in the administration of civil government, generally within a particular territory or subdivision of the state, and… … Black's law dictionary
public corporation — see corporation Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. public corporation … Law dictionary
public corporation — ➔ corporation * * * public corporation UK US noun [C] ► US FINANCE PUBLIC COMPANY(Cf. ↑public company): »Automakers are profit driven public corporations. ► … Financial and business terms
public corporation — A state owned organization set up either to provide a national service (such as the British Broadcasting Corporation) or to run a nationalized industry. The chairman and members of the board of a public corporation are usually appointed by the… … Big dictionary of business and management
public corporation — Many of the well known public corporations of the post 1945 era were established to run the amenities and industries nationalised by the Attlee Government. Their general features were that the boards were ‘corporate’ (meaning that they had a… … Glossary of UK Government and Politics
public corporation — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms public corporation : singular public corporation plural public corporations American a public company … English dictionary
public corporation — corporation whose shares can be purchased and sold on the stock market; corporation owned and operated by the government formed to administrate certain public programs … English contemporary dictionary
public corporation — public corpo ration n 1.) AmE a ↑public company 2.) BrE a business that is run by the government … Dictionary of contemporary English
public corporation — public corpo ration noun count AMERICAN a company whose SHARES you can buy on the STOCK EXCHANGE … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
public corporation — A municipal or political corporation. A corporation with political powers. Phillips v Baltimore, 110 Md 431, 72 A 902. A corporation created for public purposes only, connected with the administration of the government, the interests and… … Ballentine's law dictionary
