legal entity

[Patrick Durusau <pdurusau@emory.edu>]

Greetings!

Well the usual suspects were little help with the term "legal entity."

Did find one from Merriam-Webster Dictionary of Law (note copyright 
1996) that reads as follows:

"an entity (as a corporation or labor union) having under the law rights 
and responsibilities and esp. the capacity to sue and be sued"

Might want to beat on it a little to make it clear that what is or is 
not a legal entity varies by jurisdiction, something along the lines of:

Proposed definition: "Within a given legal jurisdiction, an entity that 
has legal rights and responsibilities, such as the right to sue and be 
sued."

Comments, suggestions?

Patrick

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