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Overissue

To issue in excessive quan-tity; to issue in excess of fixed legal limits. Thus, “overissued stock” of a private corporation is capital stock issued in excess of the amount limited and prescribed by the charter or certificate of incorporation. See Hayden v. Charter oak Driving Park, 63 Conn. 142, 27 AU. 232

Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)