Corporation

[L. Lat. corporatio, corpus corporatum.] An artificial person or being, endowed by law with the capacity of perpetual succession; consisting either of a single individual, (termed a corporation sole) or of a collection of several individuals, (which is termed a corporation aggregate.) 3 Steph. Com. 166.

1 Bl. Com. 467, 469. Marshall, C. J., 4 Wheaton's i?. 518, 543. Thompson, J., 14 Peters' R. 122, 129.

It is also defiined to be a franchise, and is otherwise denominated a bodg corporate and a body politic; sometimes a civil being, {ens civile,) and by the civilians a juridical, moral or fictitious person.

2 Bl. Com. 37. 2 Kent's Com. 267. Washington, J., 4 Wheaton's R. 518, 655.

Angell <& Ames on Corp. Introd.

3 Salk. 102. 1 Mackeld. Civ. Law, 146, § 141.

See Body corporate. Body politic, Ecclesiastical corporation.

Lay corporation

Eleemosynary corporation.

Civil corporation

Public corporation. Private corporation.