law: The Joint-stock Companies Act, 1857
  LXIV. Definition of "contributory," and legal character of his liability.-
  Any existing or former shareholder, upon whom calls are authorized to be made by the Third Part of this Act, is hereinafter called a "contributory"; and the representatives of any deceased contributory shall be liable in a due course of administration to the same extent as such contributory would be liable under this Act if alive.