Call
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
An official declaration by the proper corporate authorities that the whole or a specified part of the subscriptions to the capital stock is required to be paid.
156 111. App. 519.
A call is an offer to sell property for is left open a certain length of time.
126 111. App. 186.
The word "call," as used by those dealing in commodities for future delivery, is the privilege of calling for or not calling for the thing bought.
160 111. 97.
In Conveyancing. The designation In a survey of landmarks, courses, or distances is denominated a "call." In Corporation Law. A demand or assessment by the corporation on the stockholders due on their stock for the purposes of the corporation. In the Parlance of Stock and Grain Exchanges. An option to purchase stock or grain from another on a certain day at a given price. The opposite transaction to a "put" (q. V.)