meeting
Defined in 5 dictionaries — U.S. Code, Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Anderson (1889)
United States Code
5 U.S.C. § 552B — for purposes of this section
the term “meeting” means the deliberations of at least the number of individual agency members required to take action on behalf of the agency where such deliberations determine or result in the joint conduct or disposition of official agency business, but does not include deliberations required or permitted by subsection (d) or (e); and
20 U.S.C. § 4072 — as used in this subchapter
The term “meeting” includes those activities of student groups which are permitted under a school's limited open forum and are not directly related to the school curriculum.
47 U.S.C. § 397 — for the purposes of this part
The term “meeting” means the deliberations of at least the number of members of a governing or advisory body, or any committee thereof, required to take action on behalf of such body or committee where such deliberations determine or result in the joint conduct or disposition of the governing or advisory body's business, or the committee's business, as the case may be, but only to the extent that such deliberations relate to public broadcasting.
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The word meeting implies a concurrence, or coming face to face of at least two persons. 46 L. J. Q. B. 104; W. N. (77) 223; 2 Q. B. D. 26; 25 W. R. 66; 36 L. T. 188. There is speaking generally, no meeting of shareholders or other bodies if only one attends; though no doubt in a particular statute the word might be used in a special sense, so that the attendance of one might satisfy. 46 L. J. Q. B. 104.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A coming together of persons ; an assembly. Particularly, in law, an assembling of a number of persons for the purpose of discussing and acting upon some matter or matters in which they have a common interest.
— Called meeting. In the law of corporations, a meeting not held at a time specially appointed for it by the charter or by-laws, but assembled in pursuance of a "call" or summons proceeding from some officer, committee or group of stockholders, or other persons having authority in that behalf.
— Family meeting. See Family.
— General meeting. A meeting of ali the stockholders of a corporation, all the creditors of a bankrupt, etc. In re Bonnaffe, 23 N. Y. 177; Mutual F. Ins. Co. v. Farqu-har, 86 Md. 668, 39 Atl. 527.
— Regular meeting. In the law of public and private corporations, a meeting (of directors, trustees, stockholders, etc.) held at the time and place appointed for it by statute, by-law, charter or other positive direction. See State v. Wilkes-ville Tp., 20 Ohio St. 293.
— Special meeting. In the law of corporations. A meeting called for special purposes ; one limited to particular business; a meeting fur those purposes of which the parties have had special notice. Mutual F. Ins. Co. v. Farqubar, 86 Md. 668, 39 Atl. 527 ; Warren v. Mower, 11 Vt. 385.
— Stated meeting. A meeting held at a slated or duiy appointed time and place ; a regular meeting, (q. v.)
— Town meeting. See Town.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A coming together of persons; an assembly. In the Jaw of corporations, meetings are of two kinds,—ordinary and extraordinary; or, as they are also called, general and special. Ordinary or general meetings are usually held at stated times and for the transaction of business generally. Extraordinary or special meetings are held as occasion may require for the transaction of some particular business, which ought to be specified in the notice convening the meeting. One meeting may be both ordinary and extraordinary. Lind. Comp. 572,
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
" General meetings '" of the members of a corporation occur at stated times fixed by the constitution or by-laws; "special meetings" are called for special purposes. The former are also called " stated meetings." ' See Minutes, 3.