governing document

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governing
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈɡʌv.ən.ɪŋ/us
/ˈɡʌv.ɚ.nɪŋ/
having the power to govern a country or ...
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document
noun[C]
uk
/ˈdɒk.jə.mənt/us
/ˈdɑː.kjə.mənt/
a paper or set of papers with written or printed information, especially of an ...
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But there would be many border-line cases where it is very difficult to decide whether a contract of service is thegoverningdocumentor not.
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Together with the memorandum and articles of the association, it forms the centralgoverningdocumentof the development.
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Each national museum and gallery is subject to agoverningdocumentof some kind.
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That particular constitution produced by the delegates was superseded in 1974 by a newergoverningdocument.
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The convention produced a newgoverningdocumentfor the state, which voters handily approved in 1974.
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The details of this idealgoverningdocumentare set out, from the rights of the state to the salaries of low officials.
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Therefore, when preferred shares are first issued theirgoverningdocumentmay contain protective provisions preventing the issuance of new preferred shares with a senior claim.
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Thegoverningdocumentof such a trust provides that the trust corpus may not be reached by creditors while the property is held in the trust.
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In an early representation, he wrote a complexgoverningdocumentfor an insurance firm that other counsel had declined despite the substantial fee, due to the early deadline.
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In other cases if thegoverningdocumentdoes not make it clear, the law which applies will be the country with which the organization is most connected.
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It enables voters to adopt a home rule charter that acts as the city's basicgoverningdocumentover local issues; however, state law continues to prevail over statewide concerns.
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Governing documents for many of the colleges can be found online.
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Here, the supporting organization must have its governing documents limit the organization to charitable purposes for specified supported organizations.
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Beyond the corporate model, other for-profit business entities make an amendment of the company by-laws or governing documents.
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In order to achieve this, the governing documents of the issuer restrict its activities to only those necessary to complete the issuance of securities.
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In particular, boards should ensure that management pays strict attention to ethical behavior and compliance with laws and regulations, approved auditing and accounting principles, and with internal governing documents.
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