Terms Used In Missouri Laws 354.045

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020

Upon the issuance of the certificate of incorporation by the secretary of state, the corporate existence shall begin, and such certificate of incorporation shall be conclusive evidence, except against the state, that all conditions precedent required to be performed by the incorporators have been complied with and that the corporation has been incorporated under sections 354.010 to 354.380.