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Body corporate
Definitions
- 1 A corporation, when viewed as a legal person.
"The Procureur at Singapore of La Société des Missions Étrangères to be a body corporate [section title] [section] 2.—(1) The said Nicolas Justin Couvreur and his successors for the time being in the office of Procureur at Singapore of "La Société des Missions Étrangères", duly qualified as hereinafter provided, shall be a body corporate, hereinafter called the corporation, and shall for the purposes of this Ordinance have the name of "The Procureur in Singapore of La Société des Missions Étrangères", and by that name have perpetual succession, and shall and may have and use a corporate seal."
- 2 A legal person. broadly
- 3 An organization of individuals that jointly own a shared housing facility such as a condominium or set of townhouses under a community titles scheme. Australia, New-Zealand
"Rules governing the behaviour of residents or tenants are set in two ways: by legislation and by the body corporate creating its own rules of management."
Etymology
From Middle English body corporat, body corporate (also body incorperate), equivalent to body + corporate (adjective) and modelled on Middle French corps corporat.
See also for "body corporate"
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