Chief Constable Peter Fahy was charged under Health and Safety at Work Act as he was the corporation sole for Greater Manchester Police.
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Therefore, where a corporation sole has to execute a deed, it continues to have to do so by the use of an official seal.
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The form of a corporation sole form can serve the needs of a very small church or religious society as well as a large diocese.
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But Sweeney has appeared to dismiss that argument, suggesting that since Law was a defendant, his status as corporation sole could make the archdiocese legally responsible.
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In the case of the Roman Catholic Church, ecclesiastical property is usually titled to the diocesan bishop, who serves in the office of the corporation sole.
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The concept of corporation sole originated as a means for orderly transfer of ecclesiastical property, serving to keep the title within the denomination or religious society.
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The office was enshrined in law by the "'Treasury Solicitor Act 1876 "', which established the Treasury Solicitor as a corporation sole ( an office with perpetual succession ).
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While the Crown's legal personality is usually regarded as a corporation sole, it can, at least for some purposes, be described as a corporation aggregate headed by the monarch.
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:Our article about the corporation sole may answer some of your question about property ownership by dioceses / bishops .-talk ) 20 : 27, 1 February 2010 ( UTC)
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In order to keep the religious property from being treated as the estate of the vicar of the church, the property was titled to the office of the corporation sole.
