artificial person

noun

, Law.

As a charter of incorporation, the bill creates an artificial person, previously not existing in law.

The laws of alienage cannot apply to an artificial person, because it can have no country.

A corporation is an artificial person, regarded in law as distinct from the individuals composing it.

A corporation is an artificial person having an existence in law, separate and apart from that of its members.

A corporation is an artificial person which must necessarily conduct its affairs through agents.

April 17, 2024axolotl

[ak-suh-lot-l ]

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