artificial person
noun[C]
LAWukuspluralartificial persons→legal person
Examplesofartificial person
artificial person
A juridical orartificialperson(; also juristic person ) has a legal name and has certain rights, protections, privileges, responsibilities, and liabilities in law, similar to those of a natural person.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.When the person in law is also a human being, it is called a natural person; when it is not a human being, it is sometimes called anartificialperson.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The second is to corporate bodies, a corporate body being anartificialpersondefined legally.
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A company, by definition, is anartificialperson.
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One is a human being, and the other is theartificialpersoncalled a company.
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Anartificialpersonis never charming, though they may sometimes achieve a charming effect.
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Does it mean a real individual or does it include anartificialperson?
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I support the exclusion from qualification of a "company"or"artificialperson".
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The law recognises two persons: one the human being, the individual; the other is theartificialperson, a company which enjoys advantages and privileges.
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A company is anartificialperson.
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