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Legal person

In law, a legal person is any person or legal entity that can do the things a human person is usually able to do in law – such as enter into contracts, sue and be sued, own property, and so on. The reason for the term "legal person" is that some legal persons are not human persons: companies and corporations (i.e., business entities) are persons legally…

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Legal person

Nodes142
Edges141
Triples115
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.014085
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related to Examples · 35
Legal person → Commonwealth, Companies, Cooperatives, Council, December, Different, ECHR, EEIGs, EU, Europe, European, European Convention, European Court, Examples, Family, However, Human Rights, In, Limited, Lisbon Treaty
related to United States · 15
Legal person → As, Chief Justice, Congress, Constitution, Due Process Clause, First Amendment, Fourteenth Amendment, In, Later, Santa Clara County, Southern Pacific Railroad, State, These, US Supreme Court, We
related to Natural persons · 14
Legal person → American Convention, Article, Civil, Code, Entities, Examples, France, Human Rights, Humans, In Civil Law, Nowak, Some, This, Universal Declaration
related to Popular culture · 12
Legal person → Barataria, Court, Gilbert, Giuseppe Palmieri, Gondolieri, He, In Act II, King, Marco, Scene, Sullivan's, The Gondoliers
related to history · 8
Legal person → Ancient Rome, Another, In, Latin, Pope Innocent IV, Roman, The, This
see also · 7
Legal person → Convention, DoctrineList, Environmental, International Non-Governmental OrganisationsInstitutionIntracorporate Conspiracy, Legal Personality, Recognition, United States Supreme Court
related to Environmental personhood · 6
Legal person → Among, Ecuador, Environmental, Examples, It, The
related to Forms · 5
Legal person → For, In, Juridical, Latin, There
related to New Zealand · 5
Legal person → Bill, New Zealand Bill, Rights, Rights Act, Section
related to India · 4
Legal person → Indian, Since, Specific, The

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
corporationsinstance ofJuridical persons are entities0.80text
firmsinstance ofJuridical persons are entities0.80text
riversIndiainstance ofNatural entities0.80text
New Zealand both recognised the legal rights of rivers in 2017instance ofNatural entities0.80text
Legal personrelated to Environmental personhoodEnvironmental0.60section
Legal personrelated to Environmental personhoodAmong0.60section
Legal personrelated to Environmental personhoodIt0.60section
Legal personrelated to Environmental personhoodExamples0.60section
Legal personrelated to Environmental personhoodThe0.60section
Legal personrelated to Environmental personhoodEcuador0.60section
Legal personrelated to ExamplesSome0.60section
Legal personrelated to ExamplesCooperatives0.60section

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