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Legal Entity

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Legal entity, only a thing recognised by the law as real in itself and distinct from its qualities and attributes and, while every legal person is necessarily a legal entity, the converse is not true, Ittiavira Thomas v. Sankaranarayanan Kesavan Nampori of Manakkattu, AIR 1964 Ker 144.

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