法ほう定てい資し本ほん

noun

legal capital; legal stock

A legal and accounting term referring to the minimum capital required by law for a company, or the capital stated in the articles of incorporation.

• 株かぶ式しき会がい社しゃの法ほう定てい資し本ほんは、設せつ立りつ時じに定てい款かんで定さだめられます。

  The legal capital of a stock company is set in the articles of incorporation at the time of establishment.

• 法ほう定てい資し本ほんの額がくは、会かい社しゃ法ほうによって最さい低てい限げんが決きめられています。

  The minimum amount of legal capital is determined by the Companies Act.