Meanings
nounlegal person (plural legal persons)
plural legal persons
- lawAn aggregate of people, legal entity, or body corporate who have (some of) the legal rights and responsibilities of a natural person under the law.
Synonyms: artificial person, fictitious person, juridical person, juristic person
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn aggregate of people, legal entity, or body corporate who have (some of) the legal rights and responsibilities of a natural person under the law.
Opposite
Translations
Afrikaans regspersoon
- regspersoonorganization or group of people
Bulgarian юриди́ческо лице́, правно лице
- юриди́ческо лице́ (juridíčesko licé)organization or group of people
- правно лицеorganization or group of people
- правна особа (pravna osoba)organization or group of people
Catalan persona jurídica
- persona jurídicaorganization or group of people
Chinese Mandarin 法人
- 法人 (fǎrén)organization or group of people
Czech právnická osoba
- právnická osobaorganization or group of people
Dutch rechtspersoon
- rechtspersoonorganization or group of people
Esperanto jura persono
- jura personoorganization or group of people
Finnish oikeushenkilö
- oikeushenkilöorganization or group of people
French personne morale
- personne moraleorganization or group of people
German juristische Person
- juristische Personorganization or group of people
Greek νομικό πρόσωπο
- νομικό πρόσωπο (nomikó prósopo)organization or group of people
Hungarian jogi személy
- jogi személyorganization or group of people
Indonesian badan hukum
- badan hukumorganization or group of people
Italian persona giuridica
- persona giuridicaorganization or group of people
Japanese 法人
- 法人 (hōjin)organization or group of people
Korean 법인
- 법인 (beobin)organization or group of people
Latin persona iuridica, persona moralis
- persona iuridicaorganization or group of people
- persona moralisorganization or group of people
Norwegian Bokmål juridisk person, rettssubjekt
- juridisk personorganization or group of people
- rettssubjektorganization or group of people
Persian شخص حقوقی
- شخص حقوقی (šaxs-e hoquqi)organization or group of people
Polish osoba prawna
- osoba prawnaorganization or group of people
Portuguese pessoa jurídica, pessoa moral
- pessoa jurídicaorganization or group of people
- pessoa moralorganization or group of people
Romanian persoană juridică, persoană morală
- persoană juridicăorganization or group of people
- persoană moralăorganization or group of people
Russian юриди́ческое лицо́
- юриди́ческое лицо́ (juridíčeskoje licó)organization or group of people
Spanish persona moral
- persona moralorganization or group of people
Thai นิติบุคคล
- นิติบุคคล (ní-dtì-bùk-kon)organization or group of people
Turkish tüzel kişi
- tüzel kişiorganization or group of people
Vietnamese nhân cách pháp lý, pháp nhân
- nhân cách pháp lýorganization or group of people
- pháp nhânorganization or group of people
Welsh person artiffisial
- person artiffisialorganization or group of people
Cite this entry
APA
legal person. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/legal%20person
MLA
“legal person.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/legal%20person. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “legal person,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/legal%20person.
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