938
Parents
application for shares, etc., for children, 56
Parol
company may contract by, 154
transfer of shares by now prohibited, 68
Parochial, etc., rates
priority in payment on a winding-up, 259
Partnership
limitation of, 3
Scotland. See Scottish company
transfers to, 76
Penaltios
table of, under Act of 1929, 402-411
Personal property
creation of security over, in Scotland, 311
shares are, 37, 599
Personal representatives. See Executor
notices of meetings to, 122
registered, entitled to be in case of statutory companies, 304
transfers by, in case of statutory companies, 303
transfers by, valid though not members, 67
Petition
alteration of objects of company by, 18
compulsory winding-up commenced by, 226
evidence on, for reduction of capital, 35
reduction of capital, procedure by, 34 et seq
winding-up, for, 227
Petty cash, 167 170
nature of an imprest fund, 167
Policies of insurance
duty on, 367-372. And see Insurance, Stamp duty
Poll
adjournment of meeting, taking of, is not, 138
articles, voting by, depends on, 21, 137
card vote, usually taken by, 114
chairman, rights of on a, 137
demand of, 137
number of persons demanding may be fixed, 137
how taken, 138
method of, 138
resolution, may be demanded on, 137, 160
scrutineers on a, 138
sliding scale, 137
voters should sign their names on a, 138
who may demand, 137, 160
Possession
company’s property by liquidator, 241
Postage book
examination by cashier, 167
Posting
meaning of in completing contract, 57
Posting dividend warrants, 175, 192
meaning of, 57
Power of attorney, 74, 271 el seq.
abroad, granted, 274, 276
abroad, for use, attestation by two witnesses, 273
attestation of, 273
attorney, death of, 282

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