Comment by zkmon

Comment by zkmon a day ago

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>> It’s widely known that Corporations are People

Really? Businesses and governments can be legal entities, and legal entities need not be people.

In case of Hindu deities, temples have properties, just like how the Crown has properties in England. A temple property is usually managed by a Trust, but the property is considered to belong to the deity.

roywiggins 21 hours ago

This concept is called legal personhood:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_person

When it's not a natural person (ie, a human being) it's called a juridical person:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juridical_person

"Person" is in this usage a piece of legal jargon.

  • 9rx 21 hours ago

    > "Person" is in this usage a piece of legal jargon.

    There is no usage of "Person" here. It says "People". The plural of "legal person" is "legal persons", so clearly nobody is talking about that.

    • roywiggins 21 hours ago

      The entire rest of the article is about legal personhood.

      • 9rx 21 hours ago

        That's all well and good, but we're not talking about the rest of the article. Only the bit that says "It’s widely known that Corporations are People" — which is not about legal personhood. "People" always refers to those found in the flesh. Which, like before, is why the law is careful to use "legal persons" instead of "legal people" when the plural form is relevant; to not confuse non-human legal entities as being people.