founder’s share. (usu. pl.) In England, a share issued to the founder of a company as a part of the consideration for the business. • Now rare, a founder’s share participates in profits only if the dividend on ordinary shares has been paid to a specified amount.
founder’s shares 〈英〉发起人股票 按照英国公司法的规定，指为酬报发起人或创办人创立企业的贡献，公司为之发行的股票。这种股票只能在普通股票分配股息后的余额中获得收益。现已近于消失。
founder, n. 1. A person who founds or establishes; esp., a person who supplies funds for an institution’s future needs. 2. SETTLOR(1).
peril of the sea. An action of the elements at sea of such force as to overcome the strength of a well-founded ship and the normal precautions of good marine practice. • A peril of the sea may relieve a carrier from liability for the resulting losses. — Also termed danger of navigation; danger of
settlor (set-l[schwa]r). 1. A person who makes a settlement of property; esp., one who sets up a trust. — Also termed creator; donor; trustor; grantor; founder. [Cases: Trusts 8. C.J.S. Trover and Conversion § 19.] 2. A party to an instrument. — Also spelled (in both senses) settler.
embryo (em-bree-oh). A developing but unborn or unhatched animal; esp., an unborn human from conception until the development of organs (i.e., until about the eighth week of pregnancy). Cf. FETUS; ZYGOTE. embryo formatus (for-may-t[schwa]s).Eccles. law. A human embryo organized into human shape and endowed with a soul. • Though rejected in the early doctrine of
member. 1. Parliamentary law. One of the individuals of whom an organization or a deliberative assembly consists, and who enjoys the full rights of participating in the organization — including the rights of making, debating, and voting on motions — except to the extent that the organization reserves those rights to certain classes of membership.
visitatorial (viz-[schwa]-t[schwa]-tor-ee-[schwa]l), adj. Of or relating to on-site inspection or supervision. — Also termed visitorial. “To eleemosynary corporations, a visitatorial power is attached as a necessary incident…. [P]rivate and particular corporations, founded and endowed by individuals for charitable purposes, are subject to the private government of those who are the efficient patrons and founder. If