Object and powers

I'm having trouble with that 'object' (in bold). What does it mean:

Without prejudice to the generality of the object and the powers of the Company derived from Section 3A of the Act the Company has power to do all or any of the following things:

blah blah blah

Thanks in advance.

I think "object" here means the general purpose of the Company. There is identical language in the following sample contract:

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3. (i) The object of the Company is to carry on business as a general commercial company.
(ii) Without prejudice to the generality of the object and the powers of the Company derived from Section 3A of the Act the Company has power to do all or any of the following things:

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Sample Business Contract http://contracts.corporate.findlaw.com/ ... 05.12.html

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object (PURPOSE) . . . a reason for doing something, or the result you wish to achieve by doing it

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Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define. ... &dict=CALD

Maybe some form of the following could work:

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цель - (перен) aim, goal
с целью - with the object или aim of doing
в целях - for the purpose of

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Collins Russian Dictionary 352 (2003)

Thanks. I thought around these meanings too, but needed a bit of confirmaiton from a native speaker.

It sounds a bit strange. I think "objective" would sound better. Was it written by a native English speaker?

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Originally Posted by TATY

It sounds a bit strange. I think "objective" would sound better. Was it written by a native English speaker?

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How should I know. All I know that this is taken from the Memorandum of Association of a company registered in London, UK

http://www.google.com/search?client=ope ... 8&oe=utf-8

Looks like Ken was spot-on