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Concepts of Legal Personhood
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Natural Persons
Living human beings recognized by law as having rights and responsibilities.
Competence and Majority
The threshold at which individuals are recognized by law as having full capacity to exercise their rights and responsibilities.
Citizenship
Legally recognized membership in a sovereign state or nation, with associated rights and obligations.
Statelessness
The condition of an individual who is not considered as a national by any state under the operation of its law.
Capacity for Rights and Duties
Determines the extent to which an individual or entity can have legal rights and responsibilities.
Animal Personhood
The idea that certain animals could be granted legal rights typically reserved for human beings.
Human Rights
Inherent rights entitled to all individuals on account of being human, which are supposed to be universally protected.
Corporate Personhood
The granting of certain legal rights to corporations, allowing them to enter into contracts, sue and be sued.
Juridical Persons
Entities (other than human beings) granted legal personhood, such as corporations or governments.
Legal Personhood
The legal recognition of an entity as capable of rights and duties within a legal system.
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