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the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Prospectus

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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(Lat. for view, look-out, prospect, from prospicere, to look forward), a written or printed preliminary announcement of some undertaking, giving the scheme or plan, the principal features, &c. In law, the term is specifically applied to the invitation issued to the public by a company to subscribe for shares in the enterprise for which the company is formed (see Company).

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Prospectus'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​p/prospectus.html. 1910.
 
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