Dissolution

Dissolution in Constitutional Law

From the Comparative Constitutions Project: The means by which a Legislature comes to an end before an election.

Consolidation, Control, Dissolution

From the book The Clergyman’s Hand-book of Law, about Consolidation, Control, Dissolution (1): So far as the State law is concerned, two different denominations may form one corporation;134 or two or more congregations of the same organization may form one corporation.135 Where such consolidation is attempted, the new organization must have control of all the property.136 So long as different congregations attempting to consolidate retain their respective identities, they do not form a single corporation.137 It is a general rule that a corporation may be dissolved by taking the steps required by law. As there are various statutory provisions in the different States, each case had best be attended to by an attorney. In some States there is a provision that where a corporation fails to carry out its functions for a stated time, it thereby becomes dissolved. The omission of a parish for one year to elect officers, does not necessarily operate as a dissolution under such statute. In case of dissolution under a statute of that kind, the property of the church is not forfeited to the State.138

Resources

Notes and References

1. Charles M. Scanlan, The Clergyman’s Hand-book of Law. The Law of Church and Grave (1909), Benziger Brothers, New York, Cincinnati, Chicago

See Also

• Religion
• Church