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Incorporate

Meaning in contract & commercial law, with examples

/ɪnˈkɔːpəreɪt/verbCommon term

In contract & commercial law, incorporate means: To form a company as a separate legal entity by registering it with the authorities; in contracts, also to make terms from another document part of the agreement.

In Turkish: şirket kurmak, tescil ettirmek, dahil etmek

How it is used

In company law: 'incorporated in England and Wales', 'date of incorporation', 'certificate of incorporation'. In contracts: 'the Schedules are incorporated into this Agreement', or terms 'incorporated by reference'. The US abbreviation 'Inc.' comes from 'incorporated'.

Example sentences

  1. The company was incorporated in Turkey in 2015.

  2. Our general terms and conditions are incorporated into every purchase order.

Common collocations

  • incorporated in
  • certificate of incorporation
  • incorporate by reference
  • newly incorporated company
  • companyA business organisation registered as a separate legal person, so it can own property, sign contracts and sue or be sued in its own name.
  • limited liability companyA company whose owners are responsible for its debts only up to the amount they have invested, so their personal assets are protected.
  • articles of associationA company's constitution: the document that sets out its internal rules, such as how shares are transferred, how directors are appointed and how meetings work.
  • terms and conditionsThe standard rules that a business applies to all its sales or services, usually published on its website, in quotations or on the back of order forms.

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