36 events with tag "partnership"
1200
ID: 2146
Venice develops commenda contract - legal partnership for maritime trade where investor provides capital, merchant provides labor, profits split by agreement
ID: 2146
1250
ID: 5762
Mamluk-Venetian monopoly formalized - Mamluks control Red Sea arrival, Venice gets exclusive European distribution rights
ID: 5762
1350
ID: 2284
Societas (partnership) forms standardized in Italian city-states - general and limited partnerships distinguished in notarial practice
ID: 2284
1421
ID: 2287
Genoa develops accomandita partnership form - sleeping partners with limited liability, active partners with unlimited liability
ID: 2287
1467
ID: 2288
Medici bank develops holding company structure - separate partnerships in each city under central control, early corporate group
ID: 2288
1585
ID: 2295
Dutch develop maatschap (partnership) and vennootschap (company) distinctions - partnerships personal, companies have separate existence
ID: 2295
1609
ID: 2298
Bank of Amsterdam begins registering partnership agreements - creating public record of partnership terms and partners' authority
ID: 2298
1662
ID: 2301
Colbert establishes société en commandite in France - limited partnership form spreading from Italy, sleeping partners risk only investment
ID: 2301
1670
ID: 2302
Hudson's Bay Company uses partnership within corporation - factors trade as partners but within corporate structure
ID: 2302
1673
ID: 2303
French Ordinance of Commerce (Code Savary) - comprehensive commercial code including bankruptcy and partnership rules, model for Europe
ID: 2303
1681
ID: 2304
French Code de Commerce distinguishes three partnership types - société générale (general), en commandite (limited), and anonyme (by shares)
ID: 2304
1718
ID: 2309
English partnership law recognizes implied partnership - acting as partners creates legal partnership even without agreement
ID: 2309
1721
ID: 2310
Law of Copartnership by Giles Jacob published - first English treatise on partnership law, attempts to systematize common law rules
ID: 2310
1726
ID: 2311
Lex Mercatoria by Gerard Malynes establishes partnership principles - mutual agency, fiduciary duties, profit sharing presumptions
ID: 2311
1737
ID: 2313
Stop of the Exchequer cases establish partnership by estoppel - holding out as partner creates liability to third parties
ID: 2313
1751
ID: 2315
English courts develop doctrine of partnership dissolution by death - partnership automatically ends on partner's death unless agreed otherwise
ID: 2315
1757
ID: 2316
Lord Mansfield begins reforming commercial law - treats partnership as mercantile institution, applies law merchant principles
ID: 2316
1759
ID: 2317
Grace v. Smith - Lord Mansfield rules partnership property held in trust for partnership purposes, not individual partners
ID: 2317
1776
ID: 2320
Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations criticizes limited liability - argues unlimited liability ensures prudent management
ID: 2320
1783
ID: 2322
Fox's India Bill proposes partnership model for empire - East India Company as partnership between Crown and Company
ID: 2322
1787
ID: 2323
French Royal Edict allows société en commandite par actions - limited partnership with tradeable shares, hybrid of partnership and corporation
ID: 2323
1790
ID: 2324
First U.S. partnership case - Willet v. Willet establishes American partnership law follows English common law
ID: 2324
1793
ID: 2325
Lord Loughborough establishes modern partnership accounting - partners entitled to full accounting on dissolution
ID: 2325
1807
ID: 2330
French Commercial Code (Code de Commerce) - Napoleon systematizes bankruptcy and partnership law, influence spreads across Europe
ID: 2330
1808
ID: 2331
Gow v. Berry - English case establishes partnership at will can be dissolved by any partner at any time
ID: 2331
1815
ID: 2333
Story's partnership treatise draft - Joseph Story begins work on first American partnership law treatise (published 1841)
ID: 2333
1837
ID: 2338
Registration of partnerships required in France - public registry of partnership agreements, partners, and capital contributions
ID: 2338
1841
ID: 2339
Story publishes Commentaries on Partnership - first comprehensive American treatise, synthesizes common law and equity
ID: 2339
1848
ID: 2341
Cox v. Hickman - House of Lords rules profit-sharing alone doesn't create partnership, intention required
ID: 2341
1849
ID: 2342
Limited Partnership Act (New York) - first American limited partnership statute, based on French commandite
ID: 2342
1865
ID: 2348
Pooley v. Driver - partnership creditors have priority over partners' individual creditors in partnership assets
ID: 2348
1888
ID: 2354
German Partnership Code (HGB) - distinguishes OHG (general), KG (limited), and stille Gesellschaft (silent) partnerships
ID: 2354
1890
ID: 2356
English Partnership Act - Pollock's draft codifies partnership law, defines partnership as 'relation between persons'
ID: 2356
1907
ID: 2361
Limited Partnership Act (England) - finally allows limited partnerships after resistance from unlimited liability tradition
ID: 2361
1914
ID: 2363
Uniform Partnership Act (UPA) promulgated - American uniform law treats partnership as aggregate of individuals
ID: 2363
1916
ID: 2364
Uniform Limited Partnership Act - American standardization of limited partnership across states
ID: 2364