Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 296:15

  • 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.
  • state: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4
Any corporation now existing, or which may hereafter be established under the laws of this state, which has a capital stock and has among its objects a division of profits among its stockholders, may capitalize its undivided surplus profits by issuing to its stockholders certificates of stock representing their respective shares of the whole, or such part thereof as the corporation may determine, of any surplus profits belonging to the corporation and represented by cash or property.