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Definition of Shareholder

1. Noun. Someone who holds shares of stock in a corporation.

Definition of Shareholder

1. n. One who holds or owns a share or shares in a joint fund or property.

Definition of Shareholder

1. Noun. One who owns shares of stock. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shareholder

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shareholder

Literary usage of Shareholder

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1918)
"In respect to payments made by shareholder savings banka to receiver of a ... Payments by shareholder savings banks to receiver of a national bank to aid in ..."

2. The Law of Partnership, Including Limited Partnerships. by Francis Marion Burdick (1917)
"Upon the death of a shareholder, the shares are vested in his personal representative, and the estate in such representative's hands is liable as a ..."

3. The Law of Partnership, Including Limited Partnerships by Francis Marion Burdick (1906)
"1 (e) Liability of the Estate and of the Representative of a Deceased shareholder, — Although the personal representative of a shareholder may succeed to ..."

4. General Explanation of Tax Legislation Enacted in 1998: Report of the Joint edited by William Roth, Bill Archer (2000)
"A corporation is not treated as a PFIC with respect to a shareholder during the qualified portion of the shareholder's holding period for the stock of such ..."

5. A Treatise on the Law of Private Corporations by Henry Osborn Taylor (1902)
"former from the corporation, there is no reason why he should not sue the other shareholder at law. Thus, where a statute provides that all shareholders ..."

6. The Canada Law Journal by Law Society of Upper Canada, William S. Hein & Company, Canadian Bar Association (1889)
"The same doctrine as to one becoming a "shareholder by way of estoppel" has been affirmed by the Supreme Court of the United States. ..."

7. A Treatise on the Law of National and State Banks: Including the Clearing by Harvey White Magee (1906)
"The law holds a shareholder liable for the interest on debts of the bank as ... Representatives of deceased shareholder liable. The representatives of a ..."

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