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LEGAL PERSON — LEGAL PERSON, a body of men or of property which the law, in imitation of the personality of human beings, treats artificially as subject of rights and duties independent of its component parts. The classic example of a legal person is the … … Encyclopedia of Judaism
legal person — ˌlegal ˈperson noun [countable] LAW an organization considered as a person for legal purposes: • In Scotland a firm is a legal person distinct from the partners of whom it is composed. * * * legal person UK US noun [C] (plural legal persons)… … Financial and business terms
Legal person — Person Per son, n. [OE. persone, persoun, person, parson, OF. persone, F. personne, L. persona a mask (used by actors), a personage, part, a person, fr. personare to sound through; per + sonare to sound. See {Per }, and cf. {Parson}.] 1. A… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
legal person — n: a body of persons or an entity (as a corporation) considered as having many of the rights and responsibilities of a natural person and esp. the capacity to sue and be sued Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
Legal person — Note: This Wikipedia entry deals with the legal concept legal person . There is an ongoing political debate and controversy in the U.S. over the extent to which constitutional rights presumed to have been created for natural persons have… … Wikipedia
legal person — registered institution with legal rights and responsibilities (i.e. a factory, company, or organization) … English contemporary dictionary
legal person — noun Law an individual, company, or other entity which has legal rights and is subject to obligations … English new terms dictionary
legal person — noun see legal man … Useful english dictionary
legal person — See: artificial person … Accounting dictionary
legal person — See artificial person … Big dictionary of business and management
