Corporations. The date on which a stockholder must own shares to be entitled to vote or receive a dividend. — Also termed date of record. See EX-DIVIDEND DATE. [Cases: Corporations 155(2), 194, 197. C.J.S. Corporations §§ 301, 364–367, 373, 375–378.]
birth records. Statistical data kept by a governmental entity concerning people’s birthdates, birthplaces, and parentage. [Cases: Health 397.]
nul tiel record, n. [Law French “no such record”] A plea denying the existence of the record on which the plaintiff bases a claim. • Evidence may generally be introduced to invalidate the record only, not the statements in the record. See trial by record under TRIAL. [Cases: Judgment 914.] “The proper general issue in
dividend date. The date on which a corporation distributes dividends to record owners of stock shares. See record date under DATE. Cf. EX-DIVIDEND DATE.
Corporations. The official date on which shareholder dividends or distributions become payable. — Also termed record date.
stockholder of record. The person who is listed in the issuer’s books as the owner of stock on the record date. — Also termed holder of record; owner of record; record owner. See record date under DATE. [Cases: Corporations 128. 1.]
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Court of Hustings (h[schwa]s-tingz). Hist. 1. English law. A local court with jurisdiction over real and mixed actions, held in the Guildhall of London before the Recorder, the Lord Mayor, and Sheriff (the latter two officials serving as honorary judges). • This court dates from before the Conquest. 2. Formerly, a local court in Virginia.
vital statistics. Public records — usu. relating to matters such as births, marriages, deaths, diseases, and the like — that are statutorily mandated to be kept by a city, state, or other governmental division or subdivision. • On the admissibility of vital statistics, see Fed. R. Evid. 803(9). [Cases: Health 395.]
recognizance (ri-kog-n[schwa]-z[schwa]nts). 1. A bond or obligation, made in court, by which a person promises to perform some act or observe some condition, such as to appear when called, to pay a debt, or to keep the peace; specif., an in-court acknowledgment of an obligation in a penal sum, conditioned on the performance or nonperformance