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  Corporation Sole: Problems with the corporate sole
Corporate sole promoters claim that filing articles of incorporation with their Secretary Of State is nothing more than “registering” or “putting the State on notice that we have formed the corporation sole.” Such a claim is double-talk.
Corporate sole peddlers purport to be offering themselves as rescuers of the incorporated 501c3 church, claiming with all their marketing hype that they have the solution for setting churches free from government entanglements and subordination.
The solution for the corporation sole church is to unlicense your incorporated church and organize as a free-church.
hushmoney.org /corporate-sole_probs.htm   (4791 words)

  
  Corporation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Corporate directors are prohibited by corporate law from sacrificing profits to serve some other interest, such as environmental protection, or the improvement of the welfare of the community.
Generally, a corporation files articles of incorporation with the government, laying out the general nature of the corporation, the amount of stock it is authorized to issue, and the names and addresses of directors.
If a corporation operates outside its home state, it is often required to register with other governments as a foreign corporation, and is almost always subject to laws of its host state pertaining to employment, crimes, contracts, civil actions, and the like.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Corporation   (3622 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Corporation sole   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The corporation sole is inherently compatible with certain churches, and in particular the Roman Catholic Church, because of its top-down governance by bishops.
While most corporation soles are used for legitimate and legal church purposes, there has been a widespread abuse in recent years of the formation of many new corporation soles which are being used for tax evasion purposes.
For example, mayors of certain English towns have traditionally been corporation soles; likewise the monarch of the UK is a corporation sole -- she or he may possess property as monarch which is distinct from the property she possesses personally, and may do acts as monarch distinguished from their personal acts.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Corporation-sole   (421 words)

  
 The Modern Corporation Sole   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
…Corporations sole consist of one person only and his successors, in some particular station, who are incorporated by law, in order to give them some legal capacities and advantages, particularly that of perpetuity, which in their natural persons they could not have had.
The corporation sole was as distant from the ordinary peasant and tradesman as the Crown, but as near as the parish clergy.
All corporations sole are "either public officers or dignitaries of the established church." In short, the corporation sole is the incorporation of an office.
members.aol.com /liberty097/2extrainfo.htm   (4210 words)

  
 Corporation Sole
Aggregate and Sole; It is a religious non-profit sole consisting of one person only, and his successors in some particular station, who are incorporated by law in order to give them some legal capacities and advantages, particularly that of perpetuity, which in their natural persons they could not have had.
In this sense, the sovereign in England is a sole corporation; so is the bishop; so are some of the deans distinct from their several chapters, and so is every parson and vicar.
The statutes on Corporation Sole stipulate that the property is held "in trust" for the membership of the organization.
www.freetraders.org /corporation_sole.htm   (1208 words)

  
 Corporation Sole Scam
The corporation sole is an entity recognized in some states and is an entity designed basically to allow religious groups to operate without the strict formalities of the typical business corporation.
The government alleges the corporations sole are used merely to fund a person’s lifestyle, and not for church purposes.
Used as intended, Corporation Sole statutes enable religious leaders - typically bishops or parsons - to be incorporated for the purpose of insuring the continuation of ownership of property dedicated to the benefit of a legitimate religious organization.
www.quatloos.com /corporation_sole_scam.htm   (2482 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Corporation
Similarly in the several Catholic dioceses of California, the bishop or archbishop is a corporation sole, and since 1897 such is the case in Massachusetts for the Archdiocese of Boston (H. Desmond, The Church and the Law, Chicago.
As Blackstone says, the king is made a corporation to prevent in general the possibility of an interregnum and to preserve the possessions of the Crown entire; for immediately upon the demise of one king his successor is considered in law as having full possession of the regal dignity and privileges.
In modern times many corporations are expressly authorized by legislation to act without using a seal, and the decisions of the courts have generally held, at least in modern times, that a corporation was bound by implication in many cases where its acts had not been attested by the corporate seal.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/04387a.htm   (3060 words)

  
 Corporation Sole By Gamaliel Ministries - One Corporation With Sole
The Archbishop of Canterbury is a Corporation Sole, as are all bishops and vicars in the Episcopal Church.
To form a Corporation Sole, a church official is elected or appointed in conformity with the church constitution, canons, rites, or regulations.
If the Corporation Sole is flexible enough to manage the operation of the Anglican Church or the Roman Church, then Corporation Sole has the flexibility to manage the operation of a healing ministry, a church school, and a transportation ministry, as well as manage all of the real estate owned by the religious society.
www.hiscovenantministries.org /scripture/corp_sole.htm   (1519 words)

  
 Corporation Sole   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
A corporation sole is one consisting of one person only, and his successors in some particular station, who are incorporated by law in order to give them some legal capacities and advantages, particularly that of perpetuity, which in their natural persons they could not have had.
When the corporate sole officer died, or was incapacitated, or was removed from office by the Pope or Archbishop, title to the property passed not to the corporate sole officer’s heirs, but to a successor officer (usually another bishop).
California Corporate Code § 10002 “A corporation sole may be formed under this part by the bishop, chief priest, presiding elder, or other presiding officer of any religious denomination, society, or church, for the purpose of administering and managing the affairs, property, and temporalities thereof.
www.501c3.info /corporationsole.htm   (2385 words)

  
 Corporation Sole: Problems with the corporate sole   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Corporation sole promoters claim that the corporation sole is the greatest thing since sliced bread (falls jelly-side-up every time) for "operating outside the system." However, an indispensable prerequisite for successfully "operating outside the system" is maintaining a low profile.
Corporate sole promoters claim that filing articles of incorporation with their Secretary Of State is nothing more than “registering” or “putting the State on notice that we have formed the corporation sole.” Such a claim is double-talk.
Corporate sole peddlers purport to be offering themselves as rescuers of the incorporated 501c3 church, claiming with all their marketing hype that they have the solution for setting churches free from government entanglements and subordination.
www.501c3.info /corporation-sole_probs.htm   (2255 words)

  
 The Modern Corporation Sole - Reprinted from Dickinson Law Review
The corporation sole was as distant from the ordinary peasant and tradesman as the Crown, but as the parish clergy.
All corporations sole are "either public officers or dignitaries of the established church." {17} In short, the corporation sole is the incorporation of an office.
The old corporation sole was "in abeyance" at the time of a vacancy, whereas the new corporation sole could hold title to real estate only, and alienation of the property was difficult and legally questionable.
sw.jeffotto.com /modern_corporation_sole.htm   (6834 words)

  
 Corporation Sole: due diligence info
However, the corporation sole is usually compatible, and well-suited to the polity of the Roman Catholic Church.
The corporation sole, however, may not be at all compatible with the average Protestant Church, since it is the opposite of a hierarchy, and typically governed by a body of elected elders and/or deacons.
Corporation sole salemen claim that just about anything can be construed as a "church," including an individual family, and the home the family lives and practices its "religion" in (thereby qualifying the family home as a "parsonage").
geocities.com /corporatesole   (1720 words)

  
 The Corporation Sole: Frederick Maitland legal review
Keble opines that such a licence does not create a corporation (apparently because the king cannot delegate his corporation-making power), and further opines that the permission to give land to a corporation that does not already exist must be invalid.
A corporation is an aggregation of head and body: not a head by itself, nor a body by itself; and it must be consonant to reason, for otherwise it is worth nought.
We are told, for example, that "a sole corporation, as a bishop or a parson, could not make a lease to himself, because he cannot be both lessor and lessee".
hushmoney.org /corporationsole_maitland.htm   (6321 words)

  
 Corporation Sole: an introduction
The corporation sole, however, is probably not at all compatible with the typical Protestant Church, since it's the opposite of a hierarchy, and typically governed by a body (or a board) of elected elders and/or deacons.
Corporate sole salesmen allege that since the corporation sole is generally used for "religious" and "ecclesiastical" purposes, anyone can form one, become the "head Bishop," and claim they don't have to pay personal income taxes because they're the corporate sole head of a church.
Corporate sole salemen claim that just about anything can be construed as a "church," including an individual family, and the home the family lives and practices its "religion" in (thereby making the family dwelling a "church" building).
corporationsole.hushmoney.org /corporation_sole_intro.htm   (2926 words)

  
 Corporation sole myths: tax-exempt, asset protection
Your corporation sole bylaws can state that upon your death, other corporation soles are to be established with each of your children appointed as head of their own corporation sole, and the assets of your corporation sole bequeathed to their corporation soles.
Moreover, the Court also ruled that the corporation sole "is a creature grounded in civil law." It would appear that the courts don't agree with the corporation sole peddlers and their incredible legal theories.
Furthermore, if a corporation sole is sued in civil court, and a legal judgement is awarded against it, the court will issue a "charging order" which the plaintiff may then exercise against any and all of the assets held by that corporation sole to settle the amount of the judgement awarded.
hushmoney.org /corporation-sole_myths.htm   (5980 words)

  
 Jeffrey Thayer corporation sole book review
Jeffrey Thayer claims that a corporation sole is something altogether different from a corporation aggregate and that, unlike the corporation aggregate, the corporation sole is not "a creature of the state," subject to state control and jurisdiction.
The mere fact that the corporation sole is specifically listed is very telling in itself, since state statutes are written only in respect to those things or persons which the state has jurisdiction over to begin with.
Furthermore, dissolution of the corporation sole, just like the non-profit corporation, requires the permission of the State, and may only be carried out after the "chief officer" of the corporation files a declaration of dissolution, the form of which must comport with state statute (§10013).
hushmoney.org /Corporation-Sole_Thayer.htm   (3013 words)

  
 IRS Warns of “Corporation Sole” Tax Scam
While fraudulent Corporation Sole filings have happened sporadically for many years, the IRS has recently seen signs the scam could be starting to spread with multiple cases seen recently in states such as Utah and Washington.
Used as intended, Corporation Sole statutes enable religious leaders — typically bishops or parsons — to be incorporated for the purpose of insuring the continuation of ownership of property dedicated to the benefit of a legitimate religious organization.
Generally, creditors of a Corporation Sole may not look to the assets of the individual holding the office nor may the creditors of the individual look to the assets held by the Corporation Sole.
www.irs.gov /newsroom/article/0,,id=121566,00.html   (500 words)

  
 The Corporation - a definition, including the Corporation Sole
The Roman prototype of the corporation as it came into existence under the common law of England, and from England was transplanted into America, was the collegium.
The doctrine designated by the term ultra vires is that which governs the courts in limiting the liability of a corporation to acts which are expressly authorized by its charter, or acts which are defined by its original articles of institution to be within the scope of its corporate operations.
Any member of a corporation may be disfranchised, that is, he may lose his membership in the corporation by acting in such manner as to forfeit his rights under a provision of the by-laws; or he may resign from the corporation by his own voluntary act.
corporationsole.insights2.org /Corporation.html   (3052 words)

  
 What is a Corporation Sole?
The first known Corporation Sole was established by the Church of England in the year 1448.
A filing with the Secretary of State or county recorder provides notice to the public at large and to the state in general that a given Corporation Sole is the exclusive overseer of the unincorporated ministry that created it.
The Corporation Sole is historically Christian in its function and structure and is exempt from federal, state or local license or tax by its very nature.
www.remediesatlaw.com /corporation_sole.htm   (567 words)

  
 Payment Corporate Sole, Corporation Sole, Nevada Sole - Tax-free corporation.
The Corporation Sole is a non-profit, tax-exempt corporation under 508 of IRS code.
A corporation sole is not a standard type Corporation, as one would know it.
It does not relate to an "S" corporation, a "C" corporation, a 501 C 3 corporation or a subchapter "S" type of corporation who are created and controlled by the state.
www.incparadise.com /corporate-sole   (536 words)

  
 FireGate Ministries Information on Corporation Sole
Corporation Sole, in simple terms, is a "sovereign nonprofit perpetual office" which allows for a legal and clear separation of church and state.
A Corporation Sole church, or ministry, functions under "Canon Law," also known as church law, which was solidified by the Church in the 1400's.
Corporation Sole is recognized by every state of the Union and many countries.
www.firegate.org /CS.htm   (1160 words)

  
 Corporation Sole: ticket to sovereignty and freedom?
A hot topic of discussion on the internet these days, among those in pursuit of personal sovereignty and freedom, is a legal entity known as the "Corporation Sole" (or "Corporate Sole").
Of the dozens of internet sites now promoting the corporation sole, most have only popped up in just the last few years.
The next few pages will give you some invaluable information and assist you in determining for yourself which of the above corporation sole benefits are legally valid and which are not.
corporationsole.hushmoney.org   (173 words)

  
 Re: Corporation Sole   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
In Reply to: Corporation Sole posted by Craig on October 14, 1997 at 11:10:28:
I have valuable supportive information concerning the incorporating and/or forming of a corporation sole.
It has taken a substance of time and research to complete the corporation sole, and subsequently, the state that it was submitted to filed and registered it in one day.
www.supremelaw.org /wwwboard/messages/1130.html   (223 words)

  
 Celtic International - Corporation Sole Q and A   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Can a Corporation Sole protect us from creditors who are trying to put liens on our assets?
The Corporation Sole is not obligated to report to the IRS, however, as a US citizen you may be obligated personally to report to the IRS.
As long as you are a US citizen or a citizen of any government recognized by the Executive Branch of the United States the IRS will have jurisdiction.
www.celtic-international.org /Q_and_Ap2.html   (264 words)

  
 Corporation Sole   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Any such trademarks or registered trademarks are the sole property of their respective...
Portrait Corporation of America, Inc. is the sole portrait photography provider to Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
MPPI is a non-profit corporation formed in 2004 for the purpose of bringing NorthWestern's utility businesses under public ownership.
www.wikiverse.org /corporation-sole   (196 words)

  
 Re: Corporation Sole   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
In Reply to: Re: Corporation Sole posted by Dr. L.
Please delineate the benefits of a Corporation Sole as compared to a trust for asset protection.
What reasons do you fine the Corporation Sole more beneficial.
www.supremelaw.org /wwwboard/messages/1858.html   (126 words)

  
 The ULTIMATE CORPORATION SOLE
When we return shortly to Common Law, all statute laws will be invalidated.
ALL corporations must be reconstituted under a Common Law business charter.
A Corporation Sole created under State laws will also need a new charter!
corporationsole.insights2.org   (144 words)

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