Excerpt from Company Law and Precedents, Vol. 1 More than eight years have elapsed since the publication of the first edition of this book. During that period there has been a certain amount of legislation, and a great number of cases have been decided. All of this I have endeavoured to incorporate in this edition. I have been compelled to divide the book into two volumes, but in other respects the very kind reception which was accorded to the first edition has led me to keep to my original plan. Accordingly, while I have dealt with the subject from a lawyer's point of View, I have given very special attention to all matters which concern accountants, secretaries, auditors, receivers, and liquidators. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.