disincorporated
Lost corporate status
Disincorporated describes a municipality—typically a small town or village—that has dissolved its local government and reverted to unincorporated status within a county or township.
Towns disincorporate when they can no longer afford to provide services or maintain infrastructure: The struggling mining town was disincorporated in 1987.
The term also applies to corporations that have been legally dissolved.
Breaking up completely
- annexationAbsorbing territory into jurisdiction
- townshipCounty's smaller division
- municipalityLocal governing district
- charterFounding organizational document
borough · village · county · jurisdiction · boundary · territory · redistricting · consolidation
Annul a statute
- abrogationAbolition of a law
- revocationOfficial cancellation of privilege
- nullificationFormal cancellation of validity
- ordinanceOfficial government regulation
statute · decree · rescindment · disestablishment · invalidation · court · petition · lawsuit
Independent management of affairs
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- independenceFreedom from external control
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- decentralizationDistributing power from center
self-rule · home rule · county services · state oversight · absorption · identity loss · community · representation
dissolution
Breaking up completely
- annexationAbsorbing territory into jurisdiction
- townshipCounty's smaller division
- municipalityLocal governing district
charter · borough · village · county · jurisdiction · boundary · territory · redistricting · consolidation · merger
repeal
Annul a statute
- abrogationAbolition of a law
- revocationOfficial cancellation of privilege
- nullificationFormal cancellation of validity
ordinance · statute · decree · rescindment · disestablishment · invalidation · court · petition · lawsuit · injunction
self-governance
Independent management of affairs
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- independenceFreedom from external control
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
decentralization · self-rule · home rule · county services · state oversight · absorption · identity loss · community · representation
disincorporatedincorporated
Legally formed as company
chartered · reincorporated · established · constituted · corporate