rights of a legal person
1LEGAL 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 … …
2legal 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)… …
3legal 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 …
4Legal 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… …
5legal person — noun An organisation or a group of people who have (some of) the legal rights and responsibilities of an individual under the law. Syn: legal entity …
6legal person — registered institution with legal rights and responsibilities (i.e. a factory, company, or organization) …
7legal person — noun Law an individual, company, or other entity which has legal rights and is subject to obligations …
8Legal personality — (also artificial personality, juridical personality, and juristic personality) is the characteristic of a non human entity regarded by law to have the status of a person. A legal person (Latin: persona ficta), (also artificial person, juridical… …
9person — per·son n 1: natural person 2: the body of a human being; also: the body and clothing of a human being had drugs on his person 3: one (as a human being or corporation) that is recognized by law as the subject of rights and duties see also …
10person — per‧son [ˈpɜːsn ǁ ˈpɜːr ] also ˌlegal ˈperson noun persons PLURALFORM [countable] LAW a person or group of people who have certain rights and duties: • In Scotland, a firm is a legal person distinct from the partners of the firm. ˌartificial… …
