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Concepts of Legal Personhood

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Natural Persons

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Living human beings recognized by law as having rights and responsibilities.

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Competence and Majority

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The threshold at which individuals are recognized by law as having full capacity to exercise their rights and responsibilities.

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Citizenship

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Legally recognized membership in a sovereign state or nation, with associated rights and obligations.

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Statelessness

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The condition of an individual who is not considered as a national by any state under the operation of its law.

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Capacity for Rights and Duties

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Determines the extent to which an individual or entity can have legal rights and responsibilities.

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Animal Personhood

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The idea that certain animals could be granted legal rights typically reserved for human beings.

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Human Rights

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Inherent rights entitled to all individuals on account of being human, which are supposed to be universally protected.

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Corporate Personhood

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The granting of certain legal rights to corporations, allowing them to enter into contracts, sue and be sued.

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Juridical Persons

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Entities (other than human beings) granted legal personhood, such as corporations or governments.

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Legal Personhood

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The legal recognition of an entity as capable of rights and duties within a legal system.

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