§ 17-6001 Formation of corporations; incorporators; purposes; corporations subject to special statutory regulation
§ 17-6002 Articles of incorporation; contents
§ 17-6003 Execution of deed or other instrument conveying land, real estate or interests therein by corporation; power of attorney
§ 17-6004 Articles of incorporation, defined
§ 17-6005 Evidentiary effect of articles of incorporation and other corporate instruments filed with secretary of state
§ 17-6006 Commencement of corporate existence
§ 17-6007 Powers of incorporators
§ 17-6008 Organization meeting of incorporators or directors named in articles of incorporation; purpose; notice; meeting not required, when
§ 17-6009 Bylaws; adoption, amendment or repeal; contents
§ 17-6010 Emergency bylaws and exercise of other powers during emergency
§ 17-6011 Jurisdiction to interpret, apply, enforce or determine the validity of corporate instruments and provisions of the Kansas general corporation code
§ 17-6012 Access to proxy solicitation materials
§ 17-6013 Proxy expense reimbursement
§ 17-6014 Application of the Kansas general corporation code to nonstock corporations
§ 17-6015 Forum selection provisions regarding internal corporate claims

Terms Used In Kansas Statutes > Chapter 17 > Article 60 - Formation of Corporations

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • 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.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Deed: is a pplied to an instrument conveying lands but does not imply a sealed instrument. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. Source: OCC
  • 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.
  • Residence: means the place which is adopted by a person as the person's place of habitation and to which, whenever the person is absent, the person has the intention of returning. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.