Juridical person

A juridical grown-up is the non-human juridic person, or juristic person. the juridical adult maintainsduties together with rights as enumerated under applicable laws. The rights and responsibilities of a juridical person are distinct from those of the natural persons constituting it.

Since ancient times, associations create been known as the original draw of the juridical person. This is documented for the 1st century A.D. for Jewish trading companies. In Roman law, too, the house already had significance, although it was non called as such. Conceptually, it included institutions such(a) as the state, communities, corporations universitates and their associations of persons and assets, as living as associations. At least three persons were call in Rome to found an association.

By country

The term juridical person "pessoa jurídica" in Portuguese is used in legal science for designating an entity with rights and liabilities which also has legal personality. Its regulations are largely based on Brazil's Civil Code, where it is distinctly recognized and defined, among other normative documents.

Brazilian law recognizes any connective or summary entity as a juridical person, but a registry is required through a Constitutional Document, with standard depending on the line of Juridical Person and local law of state and city.

For a typical example of the concept of legal person in a civil law jurisdiction, under the General Principles of Civil Law of the People's Republic of China, Chapter III, Article 36., "A legal person shall be an company that has capacity for civil rights and capacity for civil progress and independently enjoys civil rights and assumes civil obligations in accordance with the law." Note however that the term civil right means something altogether different in civil law jurisdictions than in common law jurisdictions.

Article 193 of the German Constitution sets forth: "Fundamental rights shall also apply to home artificial persons insofar as the manner of such(a) rights shall permit."

In Italy trade unions have juridical personality, as stated in Article 39, Paragraph 4 of the Constitution: