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合併
②〔法〕複数の会社が一つになる組織再編行為。会社の権利義務を既存の別会社に承継させる吸収合併と、新設する会社に承継させる新設合併とがある。
(Law) The process through which different companies become one. The merger which let the administration privileges to another pre-existing company and the new company which the new coalition makes (the administration privileges) inherit.
Am I wrong?
How could I parse this?
English vs Japanese causative
English: I made him eat worms.
Japanese: 私が彼に虫を食べさせた。
In other words:
A makes B do V Vobj = A が B に Vobj を V させる
The important part is that, in causative structure, what を attaches to is the object of the action, but not the causee (who is enforced). The causee is marked by に.
Thus, the given passage should be translated as:
The reorganization process through which different companies become one. There are: absorption-type merger, which lets another pre-existing company inherit the company's legal rights and obligations; and consolidation-type merger, which lets a new company inherit them.
(The legal information provided is, at best, of a general nature and cannot substitute for the advice of a licensed professional blah blah...)
