Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 296:16

  • 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
For this surplus the corporation may increase its capital stock within the limits provided by law; but no stock representing undivided surplus profits shall be authorized to be issued at less than par, nor until a certified copy of the vote authorizing the same, and a certificate as hereinafter provided, shall have been recorded in the office of the clerk of the town in which its principal place of business is located and in the office of the secretary of state.