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pessoa colectiva

English translation: legal person

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Portuguese term or phrase:pessoa colectiva
English translation:legal person
Entered by: Gilmar Fernandes

12:10 Feb 28, 2009
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law: Contract(s) / declaração na área da construção
Portuguese term or phrase: pessoa colectiva
estou com dúvidas se posso usar legal entity ou se existe algo melhor
Nathalie Scabers
Portugal
Local time: 05:02
legal person
Explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_person

A legal person, also called juridical person or juristic person,[1] is a legal entity through which the law allows a group of natural persons to act as if they were a single composite individual for certain purposes, or in some jurisdictions, for a single person to have a separate legal personality other than their own.[2][3] This legal fiction does not mean these entities are human beings, but rather means that the law allows them to act as persons for certain limited purposes—most commonly lawsuits, property ownership, and contracts. This concept is separate from and should not be confused with limited liability or the joint stock principle.[4] Also note that basic rights (like the rights to free speech and due process of law) do not necessarily follow from legal personhood. A legal person is sometimes called an artificial person or legal entity (although the latter is sometimes understood to include natural persons as well). Although the concept of a legal person is more central to Western law in both common law and civil law countries, it is also found in virtually every legal system. [5]

In England and the United States, the use of this terminology does not mean that legal persons are considered human beings. It is simply a "technical legal meaning" in which "a 'person' is any subject of legal rights and duties."[6] Because these entities may have legal rights and duties, they are considered 'legal persons' to distinguish them from natural persons.

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Gilmar Fernandes
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Summary of answers provided
4 +4legal person
Gilmar Fernandes
4 +3(P) legal entity; juridical entity; corporate body; company; corporation
Michael Powers (PhD)
5corporation aggregate
Adrian MM. (X)
4corporate body/corporate body
Bentevi


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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
corporate body/corporate body


Explanation:
Definition: Corporate bodyCorporate body:. An organization or group of persons that is identified by a particular name and that acts, or may act, as an entity.

Body corporate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaIn English Law (and as a result, throughout the Commonwealth Realms), body corporate is the legal term for a corporation. It is distinct from a natural ...


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pessoa coletiva - corporate body
Dicionário Jurídico Maria Chaves de Mello

Bentevi
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
legal person


Explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_person

A legal person, also called juridical person or juristic person,[1] is a legal entity through which the law allows a group of natural persons to act as if they were a single composite individual for certain purposes, or in some jurisdictions, for a single person to have a separate legal personality other than their own.[2][3] This legal fiction does not mean these entities are human beings, but rather means that the law allows them to act as persons for certain limited purposes—most commonly lawsuits, property ownership, and contracts. This concept is separate from and should not be confused with limited liability or the joint stock principle.[4] Also note that basic rights (like the rights to free speech and due process of law) do not necessarily follow from legal personhood. A legal person is sometimes called an artificial person or legal entity (although the latter is sometimes understood to include natural persons as well). Although the concept of a legal person is more central to Western law in both common law and civil law countries, it is also found in virtually every legal system. [5]

In England and the United States, the use of this terminology does not mean that legal persons are considered human beings. It is simply a "technical legal meaning" in which "a 'person' is any subject of legal rights and duties."[6] Because these entities may have legal rights and duties, they are considered 'legal persons' to distinguish them from natural persons.

http://www.proz.com/kudoz/portuguese_to_english/bus_financia...

http://www.proz.com/kudoz/portuguese_to_english/law_general/...

Gilmar Fernandes
United States
Local time: 00:02
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Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 419
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Edgar Potter: My preference
20 mins
  -> Thanks Edgar. Have a nice weekend :)
agree  Maria Cristina Vasconcelos
1 hr
  -> Thanks Maria Cristina :)
agree  rhandler
2 hrs
  -> Thanks Ralph :)
agree  Marlene Curtis
4 hrs
  -> Thanks Marlene :) Have a nice weekend!
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
(P) legal entity; juridical entity; corporate body; company; corporation


Explanation:
Noronha. Dicionário jurídico.

It depends on which fits best.

Mike :)

Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
Local time: 00:02
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 347

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Donna Sandin: I almost always use "legal entity" but there's a lot of variation in translator practice with this term
1 hr
  -> I agree, Donna. I automatically thought "legal entity" when I saw the phrase, but then I looked it up and found many options - Mike :)
agree  Maria José Tavares (X): legal entity
5 hrs
  -> Thank you, Maria José - Mike :)
agree  airmailrpl: legal entity
6 hrs
  -> Thank you, airmailrpl - Mike :)
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
corporation aggregate


Explanation:
vs. corporation sole, like a Bishop whose office continues despite death or retirement.

A UK/US/Can. partnership, unless an LLP, is not a body corporate, but is arguably a corporation aggregate of a motley collection of indviduals AND of corporate members.

The previous ProZ glossary entries of legal entity and corporate body may not have factored in the Eng. Common Law partnership quandary.

Example sentence(s):
  • A body corporate can be either a corporation sole (consisting of a single person) or a corporation aggregate (consisting of two or more persons). ...

    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_corporate
Adrian MM. (X)
Local time: 06:02
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 139
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