5 Del. C. § 744
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§ Â 744. Voting rights of stockholders.
Official statutory text
Each stockholder shall, at every meeting of the stockholders, be entitled to 1 vote in person or by proxy for each share of the capital stock held by such stockholder on all issues on which such stockholder is entitled to vote. No stock shall be voted which shall have been transferred on the books of the corporation within 20 days next preceding the stockholders’ meeting.
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