定てい款かん

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

noun

articles of incorporation; company statute

Legal document defining a corporation's purpose, structure, and internal rules. Used in business and legal contexts.

会かい社しゃを設せつ立りつするには、定てい款かんを作さく成せいしなければならない。
To establish a company, you must prepare articles of incorporation.
定てい款かんの変へん更こう

に

は

株かぶ

主ぬし

総そう

会かい

の

決けつ

議ぎ

が

必ひつ

要よう

です

。

Changing the articles of incorporation requires a resolution at a shareholders' meeting.

規き約やく
規約 is a broader term for rules or agreements of an organization, while 定款 specifically refers to the foundational legal document of a corporation.

Compound of 定 (determine, establish) and 款 (article, clause). The term is a legal coinage from the Meiji period for corporate foundational documents.