articles of association

articles of association

English

Noun

articles of association pl (plural only)

1. A document which, along with the memorandum of association, forms a company's constitution, defines the responsibilities of the directors, the kind of business to be undertaken, and the means by which the shareholders exert control over the board of directors.

Synonyms

• articles of organization
• articles of incorporation

Translations

document which forms a company's constitution

Chinese: Mandarin: 章程 (zh) (zhāngchéng) Finnish: yhtiöjärjestys (fi) Hungarian: létesítő okirat, alapító okirat, társasági szerződés, alapszabály (hu)

Portuguese: contrato social m Russian: уста́в (ru) m (ustáv) Spanish: please add this translation if you can