juristic person

noun

, Law.

First recorded in 1870–75

But a State, as a Juristic Person, wants organs to exercise its powers.

There are no shares; the capital is owned by the bank, which may be regarded as a juristic person, an independent legal subject.

Property could only be left to an authorized juristic person, being a municipality or a collegium.

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