For example, the Dawat-e-Hadiyah ( England ) Act 1993 incorporated the Dai al-Mutlaq as a corporation sole, whilst the Harris Tweed Act of the same year established the Harris Tweed Authority " to promote and maintain the authenticity, standard and reputation of Harris Tweed ".
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:Because Australia and Canada have federal systems of government, Elizabeth also has a distinct corporation sole for each of the Australian states and Canadian provinces for example, Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Queensland and Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Ontario.
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If the church is found to be organized into different corporations _ the Boston archdiocese, for example, is considered a " corporation sole " _ the Vatican could be shielded from liability, just as for-profit parent organizations aren't liable for the debts of their subsidiaries, he said.
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"Individual " is defined as including a partnership or other unincorporated body, but not corporations registered at Companies House or created by an Act of Parliament or Royal Charter, such as the BBC . The definition also excludes " corporations sole ", such as certain government ministers and bishops.
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The Roman Catholic Church continues to use corporations sole in holding titles of property : as recently as 2002, it split a diocese in the suppression of Roman Catholicism which began in England with Henry VIII and the successful English Reformation, and began later in Ireland with the Penal Laws.
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Legally, the incumbent is a " corporation sole " i . e . " a legal entity vested in an individual and his successors by reason of his office " and any particular occupant had the right to receive the income and make use of its assets to support him in his ministry.
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In some common law jurisdictions a distinction is drawn between " corporation aggregate " ( such as a company, which has a number of members ) and a " corporation sole " ( which is where a person's public office is deemed to have a separate personality from them as an individual ).
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It was also due principally to Quarter's efforts that the Illinois General Assembly passed in 1845 the bill according to which the Bishop of Chicago was incorporated as a " corporation sole " with power to " hold real and other property in trust for religious purposes . " During his four-year-long tenure, he founded 30 churches and ordained 29 priests.
