legal entity
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English
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Noun
[edit]legal entity (plural legal entities)
- (law) An organization such as a company or trust fund that the law treats as if it were a person, capable of entering into contracts and of being sued.
Synonyms
[edit]Translations
[edit]organisation that the law treats as a legal person — see legal person
Further reading
[edit]- “legal entity”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “legal entity”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “legal entity”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- entity, law.cornell.edu
- legal entity, thelawdictionary.org
- legal entity, nasdaq.com
- Companies Act 2006, legislation.gov.uk