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Old 02-02-2018, 10:29 AM   #84
whswhs
 
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Lawrence, KS
Default Re: Exotic Governmental/Legal Systems

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Originally Posted by The Colonel View Post
I too understood that a Corporation was a person in law, but that may be a specific definition for a specific context.
Well, in the United States and the United Kingdom that seems to be true. Though it's mainly a way of conceptualizing various legal assumptions: That a corporation exists perpetually, that it's not destroyed when one of the original founders withdraws, that it can own property and enter into contracts, and that its shareholders are not legally liable for its actions, among others.
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