quasi corporation
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Case Law, Ballentine's (1916)
Definitions from Case Law
From 69 U.S. 501 - Levy Court v. Coroner · 1864Most cited · 19 citing opinions
If not a corporation in the full sense of the term, it is a quasi corporation, and can sue and be sued, in regard to any matter in which, by law, it has rights to be enforced, or is under obligations which it refuses to fulfil.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
A body exercising functions of a corporate character, but not created a corporation by any statute, general or special. See 103 U. S. 707, 26 L. Ed. 601.