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Meanings of legal 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 legal subject in English
1
There are four essentials of a legal contract: competent parties, consideration, agreement, and legal subject matter.
Practical Grammar and Composition
2
This chapter is the only one in the Vendîdâd that deals with legal subjects.
Sacred Books of the East
3
But when a layman ventures to plunge deeply into legal subjects, he is naturally apt to make an exhibition of his incompetence.
Is Shakespeare Dead? / From My Autobiography
4
Mr. Tucker's reply implied that he doubted Mr. Blaine's ability to pass correct judgment on legal subjects, as that gentleman was not a lawyer.
Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 / of Sixty Years in the National ...
5
'Gentlemen, and my very good friends, you are all, as you know, my legal subjects, and men of the famous town of Mansoul.
The Holy War, Made by King Shaddai Upon Diabolus, for the Regain...