Identification
- Label (rdfs)
- Entity
- Preferred Label
- Organization
- Alternative Labels
- Entity, ENTITY
- Identifier
- ENTITY
Definition and Examples
- Definition
- A legal entity is a legal construct through which the law allows a group of natural persons to act as if they were a single person for certain purposes. The most common purposes are lawsuits, property ownership, and contracts. Some examples of legal entities include companies, cooperatives (co-ops), corporations, municipalities, political parties, sovereigns, states, temples, trade unions, and ships or vessels.
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Translations
Class Relationships
- Sub Class Of
- Parent Class Of
- Société en Commandite Simple
- Segregated Portfolio Company
- Political Party
- Société Anonyme
- Limited Company
- Labor Union
- Non-Profit Organization
- Sovereign State
- Municipal Corporation
- Limited Liability Company
- Trade Association
- Trust
- Exempted Company
- Governmental Entity
- Non-Governmental Organization
- Benefit Limited Liability Company
- Professional Limited Liability Company
- Société à Responsabilité Limitée
- Joint Venture
- Partnership
- Corporation
- Sole Proprietorship
- Association
- Limited Duration Company
- Is Defined By
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- See Also
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Additional Information
- Comment
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- Description
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- Notes
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- Deprecated
- False
Metadata
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- Editorial Note
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- In Scheme
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- Source
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- Country
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