doing business
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Case Law, Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914)
Definitions from Case Law
From 205 U.S. 530 - Green v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Co. · 1907Most cited · 979 citing opinions
The business shown in this case was, in substance, nothing more than that of solicitation. Without undertaking to formulate any general rule defining what transactions will constitute 'doing business' in the sense that liability to service is incurred, we think that this is not enough to bring the defendant within the district so that process can be served upon it.
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The expression "doing business" is equivalent to the expression "transacting business." 149 111. App. 511. The expression as used in statutes regulating foreign corporations, has a settled and recognized meaning, referring only to the transaction of the ordinary business in which the corporation is engaged, and not including acts not constituting any part of its ordinary business. 244 111. 360.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914