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13523 Re: Wednesday ramblings--The corporation!
   CF, The corporation we were refering to in the piece was the oldest... 		joe-taylor   ALEA   22 May 2013
 11:20 PM
13521 Re: Wednesday ramblings--The corporation!
   The City of London Corporation goes back to 1067.... The City of L... 		faul   ALEA   22 May 2013
 8:12 PM

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Re: Wednesday ramblings--The corporation!

By: Cactus Flower in ALEA
Wed, 22 May 13 7:50 PM
Msg. 13518 of 54959
(This msg. is a reply to 13515 by joe-taylor)
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hi jt,

there have been companies going back longer than that. the papacy is a kind of company whose existence extends back to the roman era, although when or whether it was formally incorporated i don't know.

but limitation of liability i think originates in english statute in the nineteenth century. i remember learning about what was charmingly called the veil of incorporation many moons ago. a veil it was very difficult to pierce - as was established in the salomon case.