The word « company" to mean any joint stock company or othei; insti-
tution,, as before defined :
p._y_ *The expression "assurance company" to mean any aasu,-
•^ -' ranee company,, association,, or institution, as before defined :

The word "directors" to mean the persons having the direction, con-
duct, management, or superintendence of the affairs of a company :

The expression "promoter," or "promoter of a company," to apply to
every person acting, by whatever name, in the forming and esta-
blishing of a company at any period prior to the company obtaining
a certificate of complete registration as hereinafter mentioned ;,

The word " subscriber" to mean any person who shall have agreed in
writing to take or have taken any shares in a proposed company or
in a company formed, and who shall not have executed the deed of
settlement, or a deed referring thereto :

The word " shareholder" to mean any person entitled tq a share in a
company, and who has executed the deed of settlement, or a deed
referring to it, or,, in. 