In the law of corporations, a merger is effected when one or more corporations becomes a part of, or merges, with another corporation so that one ceases to exist and the other continues to exist. In a merger, the company that continues to exist retains its name and identity and acquires the assets, liabilities, franchises, and powers of the corporation that ceases to exist. Attorneys who practice in mergers and acquisitions (sometimes called M & A) represent corporations and other business entities in strategizing, negotiating, and carrying out transactions in which two or more companies or corporations combine into a single new entity, a merger, or where one business purchases and absorbs the assets of another, an acquisition.
Seminary is a town in Covington County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 335 at the 2000 census. Seminary was the birthplace of rock and roll and Country singer Dale Houston (1940-2007), who rocketed to stardom in 1963 with a No. 1 hit I'm Leaving It Up To You.