单词 | body corporate |
释义 | body corporaten.α. See body n. and corporate adj., adv., and n. β. 1800s– corporate body. Law. An entity legally authorized to act as a single individual and having legal rights and duties; a corporation. Cf. body politic n. 2.Such an entity typically consists of a group or association of persons, but may occasionally be a single individual: cf. corporation n. 5a. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > types of association, society, or organization > [noun] > corporation or body corporate towna1382 body corporate1461 corporation1579 corporalty1603 university1607 individual1828 communitas1841 1461–2 Rolls of Parl.: Edward IV (Electronic ed.) Parl. Nov. 1461 §41. m. 18 Any fraternite, gylde, company or felisship, or other body corporate. 1483 Rolls of Parl.: Edward IV (Electronic ed.) Parl. Jan. 1483 §18. m. 11 That the deane..and chanons..be oon body corporat in thyng and name. 1585 Act 27 Eliz. c. 4 §2 To defraud and deceiue such person or persons, bodies politique or corporate, as haue purchased the same lands [etc.]. 1641 Termes de la Ley 101 Deane and Chapter is a body Corporate spirituall, consisting of..the Deane (who is chiefe) and his Prebends, and they together make this Corporation. 1715 J. Holland Directors of Bank of Eng. 6 I..now lay before you the Proposal..that the Subscribers be made a Body Corporate and Politick. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. 467 These artificial persons are called bodies politic, bodies corporate, or corporations. 1822 W. Hazlitt Table-talk II. xi. 241 Corporate bodies are more corrupt and profligate than individuals. 1881 Rep. Supreme Court Illinois 98 415 The power to impose just taxes on the property of the individual or corporate body. 1925 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 19 478 The primitive demand for unanimity is weakened by the birth and dwindles with the growth of the idea of the body corporate. 1983 B. A. K. Rider Insider Trading i. 15 Section 68 (1) refers specifically to the ‘individual’ and therefore an offence under this section can be committed only by an individual person and not by a corporate body. 2003 B. Dollery et al. Reshaping Austral. Local Govt. vi. 113 South Australia also allows..one nominee from a body corporate or from a ‘group’ of joint-owners or occupiers of a rateable property, to vote. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1461 |
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