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Ens legis

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A creature of the law.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

A being of the law; a legal entity. Used of corporations.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

L. Laf. A creature of the law; an artificial being, as contrasted with a natural person. Applied to corporations, considered as deriving their existence entirely from the law.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

Lat. A creatureof the law; an artificial being, as contrasted with a natural person. Applied to corporations, considered as deriving their existence entirely from the law.