body corporate

noun

, Law.

body corporate

See corporation
law a group of persons incorporated to carry out a specific enterprise See corporation

First recorded in 1490–1500

The royal household was a complex 'body corporate' founded in the old days of 'purveyance.'

"Both equally necessary members of the body corporate," said Henry, whose father had been a cordwainer.

The body corporate, as a Council and Board of Health, levies rates as we have already said to the amount of £45,000 yearly.

The Church, like every body corporate, may alter her laws without changing her identity.

The Hong merchants (collectively, the Co-Hong) as a body corporate date from 1720.

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

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