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Artificial person

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-000576

A legal entity, such as a corporation or a government, that is treated by law as having rights and responsibilities similar to a natural person. This status allows the entity to enter into contracts, own property, sue, and be sued in its own name. The concept distinguishes legal entities from individual human beings.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-000576
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-000576",
  "term": "Artificial person",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "A legal entity, such as a corporation or a government, that is treated by law as having rights and responsibilities similar to a natural person. This status allows the entity to enter into contracts, own property, sue, and be sued in its own name. The concept distinguishes legal entities from individual human beings.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/artificial-person/"
}

Record 362 of 5,439 in Law terminology (MLC-0107). Request the full dataset.