corporation de facto
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Case Law, Ballentine's (1916)
Definitions from Case Law
From 79 U.S. 358 - Smith v. Sheeley · 1870Most cited · 72 citing opinions
it was still a body corporate de facto, exercising at least one of the franchises which the legislature attempted to confer upon it, and in such a case the party who makes a sale of real estate to it, is not in a position to question its capacity to take the title, after it has paid the consideration for the purchase
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
One organized and operated under color of law, but not legally constituted. See 80 Tex. 344, 26 Am. St. Rep. 743.