Legally significant thing

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Res legis; a being assigned rational agency and personal responsibility by the legal system. A person has legal personality, as does a corporation and, in some jurisdictions, a trust, but a tree does not. Nor does a polar bear, a portfolio of assets, a partnership or an individual branch of a corporation.

See also

• Stakeholder
• Legal personality