Ohio Code 1702.14 – Absence of provision for members
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Where neither the articles nor the regulations provide for members thereof as such, or where a corporation has in fact no members other than the directors, the directors shall, for the purposes of any statute or rule of law relating to corporations, be taken to be the members of such corporation, and they shall have all the rights and privileges of members; except that where the provisions in this chapter relating to meetings of directors differ, it shall be sufficient to comply with the provisions relating to directors.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 1702.14
- Articles: includes original articles of incorporation, agreements of merger or consolidation if and only to the extent that articles of incorporation are adopted or amended in the agreements, amended articles, and amendments to any of these, and, in the case of a corporation created before September 1, 1851, the special charter and any amendments to it made by special act of the general assembly or pursuant to general law. See Ohio Code 1702.01
- 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.
- Directors: means the persons vested with the authority to conduct the affairs of the corporation irrespective of the name, such as trustees, by which they are designated. See Ohio Code 1702.01
- Rule: includes regulation. See Ohio Code 1.59
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.