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The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
A person
Used of a natural body, or of an artificial one created by law, as a corporation. The main part or frame of anything, as distinguished from its subordinate parts.
22 N. Y. 147; 5 Mason (U. S.) 300.
A collection of individuals united for a common purpose.
See 23 Wend. (N. Y.) 141.