copartnerships

These enterprises were carried on at first by individuals trading on their own capital of skill and courage; but when the French laws came into more active operation in the seat of their exploits, the desperadoes formed themselves, for mutual protection, into copartnerships, which were the terror of the country.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 371, May 23, 1829 Various

In this period before the Civil War comparatively small single owners, or frequently copartnerships, controlled practically every industrial field.

The Age of Big Business; a chronicle of the captains of industry Burton Jesse Hendrick 1909

For centuries it was practically used exclusively by merchants of the Hansa, who, moreover, were forbidden to form copartnerships with foreigners, such as Russians and Englishmen.

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06 (From Barbarossa to Dante) John [Editor] Rudd 1885

When we look through any business directory, there seem to be almost as many copartnerships as single dealers; and three quarters of these copartnerships appear to consist of precisely two persons, no more, no less.

Women and the Alphabet A Series of Essays Thomas Wentworth Higginson 1867

That they have considered the matter referred, and have applied to all the sources of information in their reach to ascertain whether the so-styled Company is composed of individuals, on the footing of copartners, or whether it is a joint stock concern, by contract regulated by other rules than those which apply generally to copartnerships.

Journal of the Senate of South Carolina, Being the Sessions of 1863 South Carolina. General Assembly. Senate 1863

In 1863 a bill providing that "a wife may be allowed to be a witness and proceed against her husband for desertion," was reported inexpedient, and a bill was passed to _prevent_ women from forming copartnerships in business.

History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III (of III) Matilda Joslyn Gage 1862

It levied additional taxes on all business of individuals, of copartnerships and corporations, also on trades, sales, liquor-dealers, hotel-keepers, distillers, and a tax in kind on agriculturists.

The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government Jefferson Davis 1848

It was considered accordingly that the existence of so many private companies and copartnerships trading to the East was injurious to the interests of commerce.

History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce — Complete (1584-1609) John Lothrop Motley 1845

It was considered accordingly that the existence of so many private companies and copartnerships trading to the East was injurious to the interests of commerce.

History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce — Complete (1600-1609) John Lothrop Motley 1845

It was considered accordingly that the existence of so many private companies and copartnerships trading to the East was injurious to the interests of commerce.

PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete John Lothrop Motley 1845