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Body Politic

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Body politic [fr. bodig, A. S.; bodhag, Gael.], the nation; also a corporation.

A group of people regarded in a political (rather thana private) sense and organised under a single Government authority; Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.

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