c. 110) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that expanded access to the incorporation of joint-stock companies.

As a result, many businesses came to be operated as unincorporated associations with possibly thousands of members.

Any consequent litigation had to be carried out in the joint names of all the members and was almost impossibly cumbersome.

The system of registration was revised by the Joint Stock Companies Act 1856.

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