ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A legal document that creates a corporation; it is filed with a state by the founders of a corporation and is governed by the laws of the state

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("articles of incorporation" is a kind of...):

instrument; legal document; legal instrument; official document ((law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right)

Holonyms ("articles of incorporation" is a part of...):

charter (a document incorporating an institution and specifying its rights; includes the articles of incorporation and the certificate of incorporation)

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