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August 1

Unincorporated companies

From General partnership:

A general partnership, the basic form of partnership under common law, is in most countries an association of persons or an unincorporated company with the following major features...

To quote a question on the talk page, what on earth is an "unincorporated company"? Surely if it isn't incorporated, it isn't a company...? 49.198.51.54 (talk) 20:55, 1 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

That depends on the jurisdiction (i.e. country). Normally, "company" implies incorporation; what is commonly (and erroneously) called an unincorporated company might be called an unincorporated business and is technically an unincorporated entity. 2603:6081:1C00:1187:49B4:94C7:A931:F855 (talk) 21:21, 1 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

"Well nyne and twenty in a companye". Good pick up, IP users. This would appear to use of "company" to mean an association of people with a shared aim or some such, rather than than a distinct legal entity - definition of sorts in my jurisdiction. Given that the article is question is about Corporate law in common law jurisdictions, I think it would be better if I could cite some reliable source to ameliorate this. (As you can see from the articles I have started, I read a lot of books. The only three books that have given me nightmares are Beloved by Toni Morrison, Once Were Warriors by Alan Duff, and "Cases and Materials in Australian Corporations Law" (or some name like that, the set textbook at The Shop's law school) Pete AU aka --Shirt58 (talk) 11:01, 3 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It is entirely dependent on jurisdiction, but there are some entities called companies which are expressly NOT corporations. According to this, in the U.S., a Limited liability company is not a corporation (though it does adopt some aspects of corporations, they are not classed as corporations). --Jayron 32 12:27, 3 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]