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legal person

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An aggregate of people, legal entity, or body corporate who have (some of) the legal rights and responsibilities of a natural person under the law.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: law

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Across languages

Translations

39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: regspersoon — organization or group of people
  • Belarusian: юрыдычная асоба (jurydyčnaja asoba) — organization or group of people
  • Bulgarian: юриди́ческо лице́ (juridíčesko licé) — organization or group of people
  • Bulgarian: правно лице — organization or group of people
  • Bulgarian: правна особа (pravna osoba) — organization or group of people
  • Catalan: persona jurídica — organization or group of people
  • Chinese Mandarin: 法人 (fǎrén) — organization or group of people
  • Czech: právnická osoba — organization or group of people
  • Dutch: rechtspersoon — organization or group of people
  • Esperanto: jura persono — organization or group of people
  • Finnish: oikeushenkilö — organization or group of people
  • French: personne morale — organization or group of people
  • German: juristische Person — organization or group of people
  • Greek: νομικό πρόσωπο (nomikó prósopo) — organization or group of people
  • Hungarian: jogi személy — organization or group of people
  • Indonesian: badan hukum — organization or group of people
  • Italian: persona giuridica — organization or group of people
  • Japanese: 法人 (hōjin) — organization or group of people
  • Kazakh: заңды тұлға (zañdy tūlğa) — organization or group of people
  • Khmer: នីតិបុគ្គល (niite’ bokkʊəl) — organization or group of people
  • Korean: 법인 (beobin) — organization or group of people
  • Latin: persona iuridica — organization or group of people
  • Latin: persona moralis — organization or group of people
  • Norwegian Bokmål: juridisk person — organization or group of people
  • Norwegian Bokmål: rettssubjekt — organization or group of people
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: juridisk person — organization or group of people
  • Persian: شخص حقوقی (šaxs-e hoquqi) — organization or group of people
  • Polish: osoba prawna — organization or group of people
  • Portuguese: pessoa jurídica — organization or group of people
  • Portuguese: pessoa moral — organization or group of people
  • Romanian: persoană juridică — organization or group of people
  • Romanian: persoană morală — organization or group of people
  • Russian: юриди́ческое лицо́ (juridíčeskoje licó) — organization or group of people
  • Spanish: persona moral — organization or group of people
  • Thai: นิติบุคคล (ní-dtì-bùk-kon) — organization or group of people
  • Turkish: tüzel kişi — organization or group of people
  • Vietnamese: nhân cách pháp lý — organization or group of people
  • Vietnamese: pháp nhân — organization or group of people
  • Welsh: person artiffisial — organization or group of people