share of corporate stock

share of corporate stock
The unit into which the proprietary interests in a corporation are divided. Rev. Model Bus. Corp. Act, No. 1.40. A proportional part of certain rights in a corporation during its existence, and in the assets upon dissolution, and evidence of the stockholder's ratable share in the distribution of the assets on the winding up of the corporation's business. Department of Treasury of Indiana v. Crowder, 214 Ind. 252, 15 N.E.2d 89, 91.

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