Body-corporate
a person, association, or group of persons legally incorporated; corporation.
Historical Examples
London in 1731 Don Manoel Gonzales
Within The Enemy’s Lines Oliver Optic
Joe Miller’s Jests, With Copious Additions Various
noun
(law) a group of persons incorporated to carry out a specific enterprise See corporation (sense 1)
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