capital
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 69 U.S. 200 - Bank Tax Case · 1864Most cited · 91 citing opinions
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The capital is not an ideal, fictitious, arbitrary sum of money set down in the articles of association, but, in the theory and practical operation of the system, is composed of substantial property, and which gives value and solidity to the stock of the institution. It is the foundation of its credit in the business community.
How often courts cite the case defining “capital”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “capital” — 91 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.