§ 23-1-21-1 Incorporators; filing articles of incorporation
§ 23-1-21-2 Articles of incorporation; contents
§ 23-1-21-3 Date of corporate existence; filing of articles as evidence of valid existence
§ 23-1-21-4 Persons acting on behalf of nonexistent corporation; liability
§ 23-1-21-5 Organizational meeting
§ 23-1-21-6 Bylaws
§ 23-1-21-7 Emergency bylaws; events constituting emergency; authorized actions

Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 23 > Article 1 > Chapter 21 - Incorporation

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the commonwealths, possessions, states in free association with the United States, and the territories. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5