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Definition
Legal entity (such as an association, firm, government, government agency, institution) identified by a particular name. It comprises of a collection or succession of individuals who (in the view of law) have existence, rights, and duties distinct from their existence, rights, and duties as individuals. Also called corporate body or corporate entity.
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body corporate is in the Corporate, Commercial, & General Law and Entrepreneurship, Management, & Leadership subjects.
body corporate appears in the definitions of the following terms: corporate body, juridical person, artificial person and corporate entity
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