Dictionary - Definition of ARTIFICIAL PERSON


Part of Speech	Definition
Expression	1. (Law).[Websters].
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)		Top

Common Expressions: ARTIFICIAL PERSON

Expressions	Definition
Artificial person	(Law). Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary.
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Expressions	Domain	Definition
Artificial person	Law	1: ARTIFICIAL PERSON. In a figurative sense, a body of men or company are sometimes called an artificial person, because the law associates them as one, and gives them various powers possessed by natural persons. Corporations are such artificial persons. 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 177. (references)
		2: A legal entity other than a natural person having the normal rights and duties of an individual, such as the ability to sue or to be sued; a human being recognized by law as having a separate legal existence with his own rights and duties. Source: European Union. (references)
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