legal entity

legal entity definition - legal

n

Anything other than a person that, by virtue of certain characteristics, is conferred with a status that it has certain rights or obligations, can sue or be sued.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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