Civil Corporations
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
One of the two classes into which lay corporations are divided; the other division embracing what are termed "eleemosynary" corporations. 3 Steph. Comm. 170. Municipal corporations (as counties, cities, towns and villages), incorporated manufacturing, banking, insurance, and trading companies, and the like, are examples of civil corporations. Id.; 2 Kent, Comm. 275. "Eleemosynary Corporations."
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
One of the two classes into which lay corporations are divided; the other division embracing what are termed eleemosynary corporations. 3 Steph. Com, 170. Municipal corporations, (as counties, cities, towns and villages,) incorporated manufacturing, banking, insurance and trading companies, and the like, are examples of civil corporations.* Id. ibid. 2 Kent's Com. 275. See Eleemosynary corporations.