special meeting

special meeting
special meeting n: a meeting held for a special and limited purpose; specif: a corporate meeting held occasionally in addition to the annual meeting to conduct only business described in a notice to the shareholders

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

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