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Meanings of law subject in English

Russian
субъект права
Portuguese
personalidade jurídica
Spanish
persona legal
Catalan
persona legal

Any human or non-human entity that is recognized as having privileges and obligations; a legal fiction which is used to abstract away the differences between natural persons, juridical persons and other entities such as countries.

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    Usage of law subject in English
    1
    Prisoners of war, too, were by law subject to slavery.
    The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abol...
    2
    And all officers and employees in the penitentiary service who are by law subject to classification.
    A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents. Volu...
    3
    The New York law subjected merchants to a potential one-year prison sentence and $500 fine for imposing card surcharges.
    Reuters
    4
    How like a woman born to fill a loftier sphere than that to which a cruel law subjects her, she seems!
    Our World; Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter
    5
    The New York law subjected merchants to a potential one-year prison sentence and $500 fine for imposing credit card surcharges.
    Reuters
    6
    The New York law subjects merchants to a potential one-year prison sentence and $500 fine for imposing credit card surcharges.
    Reuters
    7
    Each has a chief minister as head of government and a legislative assembly which can pass laws subject to royal assent through the privy council.
    The Guardian