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 INDEX. 953 References are to the Sections. PROMOTION OF A CORPORATION. See Legal Relations Arising THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF A CORPORATION. PROOF OF ACTS OF CORPORATIONS, 263. PROOF OF DEED OF CORPORATION, 248, note. PROPERTY: what is, 172. power of corporations to acquire, 128, 129. of a corporation, ownership respecting, 33. not to be taken without compensation, 171. except when public, 171. what constitutes a taking of, 173. powers of corporation over, 124, 130. See Corporate Powers. in which the public has an interest, 474-476. a corporation may receive in payment for its shares, 522c, 701. PROSPECTUS : liability of promoters for statements in, 77. terms of become conditions in subscriptions, 96. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE-MEN, not partners prima facie, 77. not liable for contracts of managing committee, 77, note. remuneration of, 81. contribution among, 81, note. PROXY, right to vote by, 579. PUBLIC CORPORATIONS. See Municipal Corporations, Municipal Bonds. PUBLIC POLICY : acts illegal as against, 289, 304-309. foreign corporations cannot act contrary to, 387, 388. agreement to sell shares, when against, 790. PUBLIC PROPERTY, when corporation may take without compensation, 171. PUBLIC USE : what is, 163. property devoted to, may be taken by eminent domain, 163a. PUNITIVE DAMAGES, when recoverable for personal injuries, 377, 378. PURCHASE BY CORPORATION OF ITS SHARES, 134, 135, 552, 586, 747. PURCHASE OF SHARES. See Transfer of Shares; Shares of Stock IN ANOTHER CORPORATION. QUALIFICATION SHARES OF DIRECTORS, 614. QUANTUM MERUIT, corporation may be held on, 249. QUASI CORPORATION, 58, note. QUO WARRANTO, must be brought in the name of the state, 151. nature of action, 460, note. See Forfeiture of Franchises. QUORUM necessary for transaction of business at directors 1 meetings, 260. at shareholders' meetings, 577, note. QUORUM AT ROMAN LAW, 8.