Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive & intransitive verb To remove or become removed from the status of a corporation.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Disunited from a body or society; unembodied.
- To deprive of corporate powers or character.
- To detach or separate from a corporation or society.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Separated from, or not included in, a corporation; disincorporated.
- transitive verb To deprive of corporate powers, rights, or privileges; to divest of the condition of a corporate body.
- transitive verb To detach or separate from a corporation.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To deprive of
corporate rights . - verb US To revoke the
charter of an incorporatedtown orcity . - adjective Separated from, or not included in, a corporation; disincorporated.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The new law broadened the 1990 Emergency Financial Manager Act by allowing state-appointed emergency managers to suspend elected officials, set aside labor contracts and even disincorporate a community or school district.
Emergency Manager Law Faces Challenge Kate Linebaugh 2011
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The city of Vernon and some of its businesses are mounting a concerted and potentially expensive campaign against a bill in the state Legislature that would disincorporate the industrial city and put it under the purview of Los Angeles County.
After Corruption Scandal, Vernon Prepares To Fight Forced Disincorporation Los Angeles Times 2010
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The force of the recollection was beginning to disincorporate him.
Sparks Laura Bickle 2010
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The city of Vernon and some of its businesses are mounting a concerted and potentially expensive campaign against a bill in the state Legislature that would disincorporate the industrial city and put it under the purview of Los Angeles County.
After Corruption Scandal, Vernon Prepares To Fight Forced Disincorporation Los Angeles Times 2010
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The force of the recollection was beginning to disincorporate him.
Sparks Laura Bickle 2010
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The force of the recollection was beginning to disincorporate him.
Sparks Laura Bickle 2010
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Two California towns, Rio Vista and Vallejo, have said they may need to disincorporate to address financial difficulties; Vallejo filed for bankruptcy protection last year.
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A group of residents of Spokane Valley, Wash., have a different motive for their campaign to disincorporate the city of 90,000 near the Idaho border: They want to keep their city's government from increasing taxes and fees that would finance construction of a modern downtown district.
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Civic leaders in Mountain View, Colo., have alerted residents that they are left with few options but to disincorporate because the town can't afford to pay salaries and services.
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Spokane Valley Mayor Richard Munson said that the city is providing services in a cost-effective manner, and that only a minority of citizens want to disincorporate.
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