body corporate


nounLaw.
  1. a person, association, or group of persons legally incorporated; corporation.

Origin of body corporate

1
First recorded in 1490–1500

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British Dictionary definitions for body corporate

body corporate

noun
  1. law a group of persons incorporated to carry out a specific enterprise: See corporation (def. 1)

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