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The first branch office opened in Oldbury in 1864 and a year later Lloyds & Company, the name it adopted in 1852, converted into a joint-stock company known as Lloyds Banking Company. (Birmingham Post)

A joint-stock company might have either a collective executive body (management board) or a single-person executive body. (The Handbook of International Corporate Governance: A Definitive Guide)

The term joint-stock company is virtually synonymous with a corporation, public company, or just plain company, except for a historical association with unlimited liability. That is, a modern corporation is a joint-stock company that has been incorporated in order to limit shareholder liability. (Investopedia)