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Legal person

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-002976

Any entity, human or non-human, that is recognized by law as having rights and obligations. This includes natural persons (individual human beings) and artificial persons (such as corporations, governments, or trusts). A legal person can sue or be sued, own property, and enter into contracts.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-002976
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-002976",
  "term": "Legal person",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "Any entity, human or non-human, that is recognized by law as having rights and obligations. This includes natural persons (individual human beings) and artificial persons (such as corporations, governments, or trusts). A legal person can sue or be sued, own property, and enter into contracts.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/legal-person/"
}

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