"legal person" meaning in English

See legal person in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: legal persons [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} legal person (plural legal persons)

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "organization or group of people",
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          "code": "fa",
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          "roman": "šaxs-e hoquqi",
          "sense": "organization or group of people",
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          "sense": "organization or group of people",
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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "organization or group of people",
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          "sense": "organization or group of people",
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          "roman": "juridíčeskoje licó",
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          "word": "นิติบุคคล"
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          "word": "tüzel kişi"
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          "word": "nhân cách pháp lý"
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "organization or group of people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "persona iuridica"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "organization or group of people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "persona moralis"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "organization or group of people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "juridisk person"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "organization or group of people",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "rettssubjekt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "organization or group of people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "juridisk person"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "šaxs-e hoquqi",
      "sense": "organization or group of people",
      "word": "شخص حقوقی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "organization or group of people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "osoba prawna"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "organization or group of people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pessoa jurídica"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "organization or group of people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pessoa moral"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "organization or group of people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "persoană juridică"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "organization or group of people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "persoană morală"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "juridíčeskoje licó",
      "sense": "organization or group of people",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "юриди́ческое лицо́"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "organization or group of people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "persona moral"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "ní-dtì-bùk-kon",
      "sense": "organization or group of people",
      "word": "นิติบุคคล"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "organization or group of people",
      "word": "tüzel kişi"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "organization or group of people",
      "word": "nhân cách pháp lý"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "organization or group of people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "person artiffisial"
    }
  ],
  "word": "legal person"
}

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