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Re:The City of London’s oldest document is currently on publ... by quxkgpdy on Monday October 03, 2022 @07:37PM (#33075070)
I think "corporation" in this context is just a slightly antiquated term for a unit of local government.
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Re:The City of London’s oldest document is currently on publ... by BillEllson on Wednesday October 05, 2022 @06:17PM (#33101910)
It is not antiquated, but merely a descriptive that has fallen from common usage. ~ Every local authority in the UK is a corporation and up until c 1970 is was common to see 'Wherever' Corporation buses in British Cities.
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Re:The City of London’s oldest document is currently on publ... by bobthepanda on Monday October 03, 2022 @08:14PM (#33075311)
It’s not even antiquated depending on where you live.

Mumbai is a corporation.

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Re:The City of London’s oldest document is currently on publ... by SllX on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @02:41AM (#33077259)
So is San Francisco: a municipal corporation with a Charter. It’s an overlooked detail, but it’s not just a choice of phrasing. Corporations are just groups of individuals acting as a single entity under law, and incorporated cities in California and most of the States I’ve looked at are no different in that regard.
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