Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Accountancy

Chapter

Accounting for Shares

Question:

According to Chief Justice Marshal, what kind of entity is a company?

Options:

A physical entity with tangible properties

An invisible entity with no legal existence

A person with limited legal recognition

An intangible entity existing only in the eyes of law

Correct Answer:

An intangible entity existing only in the eyes of law

Explanation:

The correct answer is option 4- An intangible entity existing only in the eyes of law.

A company means a company incorporated or registered under the Companies Act, 2013 or under any other earlier Companies Acts. According to Chief Justice Marshal, “a company is a person, artificial, invisible, intangible and existing only in the eyes of law. Being a mere creation of law, it possesses only those properties which the charter of its creation confers upon it, either expressly or as incidental to its very existence”. A company usually raises its capital in the form of shares (called share capital) and debentures (debt capital.)