Incorporation definition

The union of something with a body already existing; association; intimate union; assimilation; as, the incorporation of conquered countries into the Roman republic.
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The process of forming a business corporation.
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The doctrine that the Bill of Rights is applied to the states by inclusion in the Fourteenth Amendment right of due process.
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The act of creating a corporation.
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A body incorporated; a corporation.
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The act of incorporating, or the state of being incorporated.
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The union of different ingredients in one mass; mixture; combination; synthesis.
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Noun

Singular:
incorporation
Plural:
incorporations

Origin of incorporation

  • From Middle English incorporacioun, from Old French incorporacion, from Late Latin incorporatio

    From Wiktionary

Incorporation Sentence Examples

  • A charter of incorporation was granted in 1878.

  • He actively promoted the incorporation of the left bank of the Rhine with France and in 1793 went to Paris to carry on the negotiations.

  • It is evident from the fact of thirteen inhabitants being allowed to hold the manor that the town had some kind of incorporation in the 17th century, although its incorporation charter was not granted until 1899, when it was created a municipal borough.

  • Very little was done for education in the French and Spanish period, although the Spanish governors made commendable efforts in this regard; the first American Territorial legislature began the incorporation of feeble " colleges " and " academies."

  • Although at times he states his principles with a wonderful degree of breadth and insight, he mars the effect by looseness of statement, and by the incorporation of irrelevant psychological matter.

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