WordNet
n. a document filed with a state by the founders of a corporation
Wikipedia
Articles of incorporation, also referred to as the certificate of incorporation or the corporate charter, act as a charter to establish the existence of a corporation in the United States and Canada, and are filed with the Secretary of State, or other company registrar.
An equivalent term for limited liability companies (LLCs) in the United States is articles of organization. For terms with similar meaning in other countries, see articles of association.
Usage examples of "articles of incorporation".
We'd signed the articles of incorporation the day before, after Group.
I had just finished drawing up some articles of incorporation for him, and there were some minor changes to be made in them.
In the second place, the articles of incorporation would prohibit him from doing anything like that, even if he wanted to.