Seat

A seat is a place to sit, referring to the area sat upon as opposed to other elements like armrests.

A seat is also known as a bench, a chair, a chaise longue, chesterfield, a couch, a davenport or a settee.

Types of seat

The following are examples of different kinds of seat:

Seat (territorial-administrative unit)

Seats (Latin: sedes, Hungarian: szék, German: stuhl, Romanian: scaun) were administrative territorial entities in the medieval Kingdom of Hungary. The seats were autonomous regions within the Kingdom, and were independent from the feudal county system. Their autonomy was granted in return for the military services they provided to the Hungarian Kings.

The following divisions were at one point Székely seats:

Seats were formed by the:

Most seats gave up their autonomous status and military traditions in late medieval times and paid tax instead.

Seat (legal entity)

In legal English, the seat of a corporation or organisation, as a legal entity, is the location of its headquarters. According to international and national procedural law, "specific legal actions with legal effect for and against the legal entity can be performed at the seat of this entity." However, "the term "seat" is sometimes also used in a broad sense without a specific legal meaning. In this case [it] only defines where an entity is located and does not mean that this location is a legal seat where specific juridical acts can be performed."

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