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general meeting

a meeting of the members of a company. A company exercises control and does such acts as are reserved to it by the votes of the majority at general meetings. The meetings have to be properly convened with due notice having been given. If the articles provide for a quorum, that requirement has to be met before business can be conducted. See ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING.
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There were no less than 891 ships immobilised around the UK when mass meetings finally voted to end the strike on July 1.
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The mass meeting was told that a proposed settlement had been reached to the long-running row which led to 22 days of strikes last year, costing the airline more than Au150 million.
BA cabin crew to end strikes
A mass meeting of workers will be held today ahead of an expected announcement of what action will be taken.
BA crew strike threat; Inbrief
Mass meeting: Union leader Derek "Red Robbo" Robinson speaking at a meeting in Cofton Park near to the British Leyland Longbridge works on February 20, 1980.
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Addressing a mass meeting organised by his party here on Sunday, Prachanda said, "On the surface it looks like an attempt to bring down the Maoist-led government, but their intention is to disrupt the peace process.
Prachanda disapproves possibility of a non-Maoist Government
WORKERS at a Scottish oil refinery will today hold a mass meeting ahead of a planned strike.
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A mass meeting of workers fixed the strike date, although talks will be held later to try to avert the action.
Strike threat at major airports
At the mass meeting that night there was a crowd and it was pumped.
When civil rights were on the rise
Shortly after the ban, Shuttlesworth proposed the holding of a mass meeting to see if blacks in Birmingham wanted to organize to fight for their rights.
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The democracy shibboleth

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