Body Politic - Law Dictionary Search Results
state
state often attrib 1 a : a politically organized body of people usually occupying a definite territory ;esp : one that is sovereign b : the political organization … state often attrib 1 a : a politically organized body of people usually occupying a definite territory ;esp : one that is sovereign b : the
Demise
the Crown, we mean only that in consequence of the disunion of the sovereign's natural body from his body politic, the kingdom is transferred or demised to his successor, and so the royal dignity remains perpetual, Plowd. 177.
Municipality
incorporated or duly authorized association of inhabitants of limited area for local governmental or other public purposes. A body politic created by the incorporation of the people of a prescribed locality invested with the subordinate powers of legislation
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parliament
an assemblage of the nobility, clergy, and commons called together by the British sovereign as the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom b : a similar assemblage in another nation or state 2 : the supreme … a similar assemblage in another nation or state 2 : the supreme legislative body of a usually major political unit that is a continuing institution comprising a series of individual assemblages
legislature
legislature : a body of persons having the power to legislate ;specif : an organized body having the authority to make laws … having the power to legislate ;specif : an organized body having the authority to make laws for a political unit (as a nation or state) compare executive, judiciary
Government
State or organisation is regulated; the sovereign proper in a nation or state; an organisation through which a body of people exercise political authority; the machinery by which foreign prover is exercised, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., … regulated; the sovereign proper in a nation or state; an organisation through which a body of people exercise political authority; the machinery by which foreign prover is exercised, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 703. It means,
Restraining Order
England, or other public company, from permitting the transfer of stock in the name of any person or body politic or from paying any dividends due or to become due; but this procedure is superseded by the procedure
Nation
language, or government; an assembly of men of free condition, as distinguished from a family of slaves. A body politic; as society of men united together for the purpose of promoting their mutual safety and advantage by the
Corporation sole
Corporation sole, is a body politic having perpetual succession, constituted in a single person, who in right of some office or function, has a
Charter
and man. Charters of the Sovereign are written instruments granting certain privileges or exemptions to any person or body politic (Jacob's Law Dict.) (see, e.g., the (English) Municipal Corporations Act, 1882, s. 210) or corporations; e.g., to 'chartered'
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