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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 457 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PROSPECTUS (See also:Lat. for view, look-out, prospect, from prospicere, to look forward)  , a written or printed preliminary announcement of some undertaking, giving the See also:scheme or See also:plan, the See also:principal features, &c . In See also:law, the See also:term is specifically applied to the invitation issued to the public by a See also:company to subscribe for shares in the enterprise for which the company is formed (see COMPANY) .

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