dissolution Definition
dis·so·lu·tion (dis′ə lo̵̅o̅′s̸hən)
noun
a dissolving or being dissolved; specif.,
- a breaking up or into parts; disintegration
- the termination, as of a business, association, or union
- the ending of life; death
- the dismissal of an assembly or adjournment of a meeting
Etymology: ME dissolucioun < L dissolutio
dissolution Synonyms
dissolution
n.
Disintegration
resolution, destruction, decomposition; see decay 1, disappearance.Termination
ending, adjournment, dismissal; see end 2.Death
release, demise, extinction; see death 1.
dissolution Finance Definition
The
process of legally dissolving a corporation. Dissolution is achieved when a
companys lenders are paid off, property and assets are sold, and any remaining
cash is distributed to the companys shareholders.
dissolution Law Definition
n
The termination, cessation,
or winding up of a legal entity
such as a corporation or partnership; the consensual or judicially ordered
undoing of a contract by placing the parties back into the positions they held
before entering into it; the termination of a marriage.
dissolution Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- monastery: St John's survived the dissolution of the monasteries with Simons still the master.
- chantry: The school managed to survive the dissolution of chantries in 1547.
- monastries: The Priory was originally founded before 1200 and was converted to a mansion in Tudor times following the Dissolution of the Monastries.
- abbey: However, the dissolution of the abbey in March 1540 left him once again without employment.
- parliament: The deal was forced onto both organizations by the early dissolution of parliament.
- partnership: Dissolution of a civil partnership can be brought to either the sheriff court or the Court of Session.
Converse of object
- survive: Whilst the tower survived the dissolution of the house, a storm in 1779 led to its partial collapse.
- follow: Following the Dissolution the property was granted to James Butler, Earl of Ormond.
- approve: To approve the dissolution or the merger of the Society.
- escape: The hospital escaped dissolution under Henry VIII's Act of 1547, probably because of its charitable activities.
- propose: It was not even an SWP motion that was voted upon - conveniently, the SUN had proposed the dissolution.
Adjective modifier
- impending: Just then David read the 'Life of John Keats, ' a book which impressed him with a nervous fear of impending dissolution.
- gradual: The color change is the result of gradual dissolution of the congealed blood by the normal blood enzymes.
- formal: Q: Does divorce or formal dissolution of a civil partnership automatically cancel a Will?
- subsequent: Then it all changed: the rise of Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic and the subsequent dissolution of Yugoslavia proved disastrous for Kosovo's economy.
- voluntary: Panamanian Company Dissolution A formal voluntary dissolution of the company is allowed at any time.
Modifies a noun
- clause: There may be a dissolution clause in your governing document that sets out the procedures to be followed.
- temperature: Experimental method Dissolution temperatures have been measured using DSC.
- proceeding: However, that would be a matter for individual dissolution proceedings ' .
Noun used with modifier
mineral: Our aim is to understand how these reactions take place and how they control the speeds of mineral dissolution and precipitation.
Browse dictionary entries near dissolution
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