To revoke the corporate status of; to dissolve a corporation or organization.
From dis- (reversal) + incorporate (from Medieval Latin incorporatus, made into a body, from in- + corpus, body). The prefix dis- reverses incorporation, undoing the legal process that created a corporate entity.
This legal term became crucial in business and government when dealing with corrupt or defunct companies—you didn't just 'close' a corporation, you formally 'disincorporated' it, which was the legal opposite of the chartering that created it. It shows how legal language develops precise opposites for formal procedures.
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