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legal entity

 
 
noun [C] LAW

Definition

a company or organization that has legal rights and responsibilities, for example the right to make contracts and the responsibility to pay debts: All companies whose affairs are regulated by the Corporation Act are legal entities.
(Definition of legal entity noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
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