SEAT

SEAT

SEAT, S.A. is a Spanish automobile manufacturer with its head office in Martorell, Spain. It was founded on May 9, 1950, by the Instituto Nacional de Industria, a state-owned industrial holding company.

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Seat

In strict legal language, the term seat defines the seat of a corporation or organisation as a legal entity, indicating where the headquarters of this entity are located. According to international and national procedural law, "specific legal actions with legal effect for and against the legal entity can be performed at the seat of this entity." <ref name="T1012/03"/> However, "the term "seat" is sometimes also used in a broad sense without a specific legal meaning. In this case 1 only defines where an entity is

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seat

Noun

  1. Something to be sat upon.
    1. A place in which to sit.
      1. The horizontal portion of a chair or other furniture designed for sitting.
    2. A piece of furniture made for sitting; e.g. a chair, stool or bench; any improvised place for sitting.
    3. The part of an object or individual (usually the buttocks) directly involved in sitting.
    4. The part of a piece of clothing (usually pants or trousers) covering the buttocks.
    5. A part or surface on which another part or surface rests.
  2. A location or site.
    1. A membership in an organization, particularly a representative body.
    2. The location of a governing body.
      1. An electoral district, especially for a national legislature.
    3. The place occupied by anything, or where any person or thing is situated or resides; a site.
      1. The starting point of a fire.
  3. Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback.

Verb

  1. To put an object into a place where it will rest; to fix; to set firm.
  2. To provide with places to sit.
  3. To assign the seats of.
    to seat a church
  4. To cause to occupy a post, site, or situation; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle.
  5. To rest; to lie down.
  6. To settle; to plant with inhabitants.
    to seat a country
  7. To put a seat or bottom in.
    to seat a chair


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