Principal office
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
The principal office of a corporation is its headquarters, or the place where the chief or principal affairs and business of the corporation are transacted. Usually it is the office where the company's books are kept, where its meetings of stockholders are held, and where the directors, trustees, or managers assemble to discuss and transact the important general business of the company ; but no one of these circumstances is a controlling test.
See Jossey v. Georgia & A. Ry., 102 Ga 706, 28 S. E. 273; Milwaukee Steamship Co v. Milwaukee, 83 Wis. 590, 53 N. W. 839, 18 L. R. A. 353; Standard Oil Co. v. Com., 110 Ky. 821, 62 S. W. 897 ; Middletown Ferry Co. v. Middletown, 40 Conn. 69.
As to various particular offices, see Land Office, Petty Bag Office, Post Office, etc.