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South African company law is that body of rules which regulates corporations formed under the Companies Act. [1] A company is a business organisation which earns income by the production or sale of goods or services.
Faculty of Law Port Elizabeth: University of Pretoria: Faculty of Law: 1908 [note 1] [3] Pretoria [4] Rhodes University: Faculty of Law Grahamstown: University of South Africa: College of Law Distance education: University of Stellenbosch: Faculty of Law 1921 Stellenbosch: University of Venda: Faculty of Law Thohoyandou University of the ...
A business entity is an entity that is formed and administered as per corporate law [Note 1] in order to engage in business activities, charitable work, or other activities allowable. Most often, business entities are formed to sell a product or a service. There are many types of business entities defined in the legal systems of various countries.
Corporate law (also known as company law or enterprise law) is the body of law governing the rights, relations, and conduct of persons, companies, organizations and businesses. The term refers to the legal practice of law relating to corporations, or to the theory of corporations .
A certificate of incorporation is a legal document/license relating to the formation of a company or corporation. It is a license to form a corporation issued by the state government or, in some jurisdictions, by a non-governmental entity/corporation. [ 1 ]
The proposal for a university for the capital, first mooted in the Volksraad in 1889, was interrupted by the outbreak of the Anglo Boer War in 1899. In 1902, after the signing of the Peace of Vereeniging, the Normal College for teacher training was established in Groenkloof, Pretoria, and in 1904, the Transvaal Technical Institute, with an emphasis on mining education, opened in Johannesburg.
An admission to practice law is acquired when a lawyer receives a license to practice law. In jurisdictions with two types of lawyer, as with barristers and solicitors, barristers must gain admission to the bar whereas for solicitors there are distinct practising certificates. Becoming a lawyer is a widely varied process around the world.
In 1858 the Cape Colony instituted the legal board exam, inaugurating a new regulatory regime for South African legal practitioners. The following year, at the request of the colonial government, the South African College (SAC) in Cape Town became the first South African institution to introduce formal law teaching through the establishment of a professorial chair in law.