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articles of the eyre (air).Hist. A series of questions put to the members of a community by the justices in  eyre to  discover  what  breaches of  the  law  had  occurred  during  the  court’s  absence. • The  inquiry  enabled  the  justices  to  fine  criminal  behavior  and  to  raise  revenue  for  the  Crown through the levying of…

Articles  of  the  Clergy.Hist.  A  statute  enacted  in  1315  to  settle  the  jurisdictions  of  the ecclesiastical and temporal courts. — Also termed Articuli Cleri.[Blacks Law 8th]

articles of partnership.See PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT.[Blacks Law 8th]

articles    of    organization.1.ARTICLES    OF    INCORPORATION.    2.ARTICLES    OF ASSOCIATION(2).[Blacks Law 8th]

articles  of  incorporation.A  governing  document  that  sets  forth  the  basic  terms  of  a corporation’s existence, including the number and classes of shares and the purposes and duration of the corporation. • In most states, the articles of incorporation are filed with the secretary of state as part of the process of forming the corporation. In…

articles  of  impeachment.A  formal  document  alleging  the  specific  charges  against  a  public official and the rea-sons for removing that official from office. • It is similar to an indictment in a criminal  proceeding.  See  IM-PEACHMENT(1). [Cases: United  States    35.  C.J.S. United  States § 23, 53, 56–57.][Blacks Law 8th]

articles of dissolution.A document that a dissolving corporation must file with the appropriate governmental agency, usu. the secretary of state, after the corporation has settled all its debts and distributed all its assets. [Cases: Corporations    610(1). C.J.S. Corporations §§ 835–837.][Blacks Law 8th]

Articles  of  Confederation.The  instrument  that  governed  the  association  of  the  13  original states from March 1, 1781 until the adoption of the U.S. Constitution. • They were prepared by the Continental Congress, submitted to the states in 1777, and later ratified by representatives of the states empowered by their respective legislatures for that purpose.[Blacks Law…

articles of  association.  1.ARTICLES OF  INCORPORATION.  2.  A  governing  document  — similar to articles of incorporation — that legally creates a nonstock or nonprofit organization. — Also  termed  articles  of  organization.  —  Often  shortened  (informally)  to articles.  See  governing document  under  DOCUMENT(1).  [Cases:  Corporations    18.  C.J.S. Corporations §§  26,  33–35, 41, 559.][Blacks Law 8th]

articles of apprenticeship.Hist. A contract under which a  minor agrees to work  for a  master for a specified time in exchange for learning a trade.[Blacks Law 8th]