1 U.S.C. § 5
“Company” or “association” as including successors and assigns
United States · Title 1 — GENERAL PROVISIONS · Status: effective
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- 1 U.S.C. § 5, “Company” or “association” as including successors and assigns, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/2656
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The word “company” or “association”, when used in reference to a corporation, shall be deemed to embrace the words “successors and assigns of such company or association”, in like manner as if these last-named words, or words of similar import, were expressed.
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