In law, a legal person is any person or legal entity that can do the things a human person is usually able to do in law – such as enter into contracts...
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ownership of property, or legal responsibility. The defining features of personhood and, consequently, what makes a person count as a person, differ widely among...
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natural person (also physical person in some Commonwealth countries, or natural entity) is a person (in legal meaning, i.e., one who has its own legal personality)...
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A juridical person is a legal person that is not a natural person but an organization recognized by law as a fictitious person such as a corporation, government...
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Artificial person may refer to Legal person, a concept of legal practice Android (robot), a mechanical or biological entity having humanoid form and/or...
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Minor (law) (redirect from Minor (young person))
ability to legally consent to sexual activity, at which school attendance is no longer compulsory and thus a person may leave school, at which legally-binding...
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Strawman theory (redirect from Legal name fraud)
real person. They back this claim by misreading the legal definition of person and misunderstanding the distinction between a juridical person and a...
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Company (redirect from Company (legal))
banks programs or educational institutions A company can be created as a legal person so that the company itself has limited liability as members perform or...
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Ltd. (UK); a business entity established by one or several natural or legal persons; Sh.A. (Shoqëri Aksionere): ≈ PLC (UK); a company whose capital is divided...
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Capacity (law) (redirect from Legal capacity)
Legal capacity is a quality denoting either the legal aptitude of a person to have rights and liabilities (in this sense also called transaction capacity)...
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A legal guardian is a person who has been appointed by a court or otherwise has the legal authority (and the corresponding duty) to make decisions relevant...
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of legal relationships between persons, described above. The term person in the law of persons is roughly interchangeable with legal subject. A legal subject...
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Personhood (redirect from Person hood)
the status of being a person. Defining personhood is a controversial topic in philosophy and law and is closely tied with legal and political concepts...
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Alien (law) (redirect from Foreigner (Person))
person (including an organization) who is not a citizen or a national of a specific country, although definitions and terminology differ across legal...
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structures):[additional citation(s) needed] Defamation against a legal person in general Insult against a legal person in general Acts against public officials Acts against...
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Legal death is the recognition under the law of a particular jurisdiction that a person is no longer alive. In most cases, a doctor's declaration of death...
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legal advice will often involve analyzing a set of facts and advising a person to take a specific course of action based on the applicable law. Legal...
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or found. A common misconception is that a person must be absent for at least 24 hours before being legally classed as missing, but this is rarely the...
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Legal age or codified age refers to age at which a person may legally engage in a certain activity, or purchase or possess a certain product or substance...
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European Convention on Human Rights acknowledges a right for a natural or legal person to "peaceful enjoyment of his possessions", subject to the "general interest...
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authors assembled and published under the direction of one natural or legal person who owns the copyright in the work as a whole. Definitions vary considerably...
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A legal name is the name that identifies a person for legal, administrative and other official purposes. A person's legal birth name generally is the...
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Legal process (sometimes simply process) is any formal notice or writ by a court obtaining jurisdiction over a person or property. Common forms of process...
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a legal entity (legal person) that owes a debt to another entity. The entity may be an individual, a firm, a government, a company or other legal person...
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Corporate personhood or juridical personality is the legal notion that a juridical person such as a corporation, separately from its associated human beings...
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journalism, a fixer is a local person who expedites the work of a foreign correspondent. Fixers may primarily use legal means, such as lawsuits and payoffs...
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Estoppel (category French legal terminology)
common law legal systems whereby a court may prevent or "estop" a person from making assertions or from going back on their word; the person so prevented...
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natural person or persons who ultimately owns or controls an interest in a legal entity or arrangement, such as a company, a trust, or a foundation. Legal owners...
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A notary is a person authorised to perform acts in legal affairs, in particular witnessing signatures on documents. The form that the notarial profession...
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Church, it is today a secular legal person in the public administrative interest, that is to say, a private legal person, recognised by the authorities...
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