{"data":{"id":"us/1-u.s.c.-5","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"1 U.S.C. § 5","heading":"“Company” or “association” as including successors and assigns","body":"The word “company” or “association”, when used in reference to a corporation, shall be deemed to embrace the words “successors and assigns of such company or association”, in like manner as if these last-named words, or words of similar import, were expressed.","path":["Title 1—GENERAL PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 1—RULES OF CONSTRUCTION"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc01@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:55:16Z","sha256":"521e9c7825649546b8d4cfc7665b3494558dbda3c7866a2bfdd12e789d4fe3f0","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/1-u.s.c.-4","next":"us/1-u.s.c.-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}