Society anonyme
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
An association where the liability of all the partners is limited. It had fin England until lately no other name than that of "chartered company," meaning thereby a joint-stock company whose shareholders, by a charter from the crown, or a special enactment of the legislature, stood exempted from any liability for the debts of the concern, bevond the amount of their subscriptions.
2 Mill, Pol. Eicon. 485.